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- 2. India suffers from a lot of poverty, w ] Monthly per capita consumption expenditure is below Rs. 356.35 f
- 4. Global Institute. This study found 54% of the people living in India were living on a household income of less than 90,000 rupees a year. That means about a dollar per person per day. National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) published a report in 2007. This report state, 77% of Indians (that means 836 million people), lived on less than 20 rupees per day (USD 0.50 nominal, USD 2.0 in PPP). Most of them have no job or
- 5. One of the problems with estimating poverty in India is a lack of consistent and reliable numbers. McKinsey study quoted above (46% at $1 a day or above for a household size of 5) is off by a factor compared to 77% under $0.5 a day by NCEUS. To add insult to injury here are some industry numbers that do not fit
- 7. [4] in Jan 2008; about 400 million in mid 2009 and slated to easily cross 500 Million [5] in 2010 with a current growth rate of over 10 million new cell phones a month. A growth that is clearly not abating. At $20-$200 per cell phone and $0.02-$0.04 a minute rate, it is a luxury that folks earning $1 a day cannot afford after paying for food, housing, clothes. •2001 numbers for basic amenities from census bureau [6] for percentage household reach were Bi-cycles (45%); TV (31%); radio (33%) do not fit well with 77% under $0.5 a day. All these numbers tally well with industry news. Do note this is 2001 census, about 7 years before 77% under $.5 a day was computed. These are amenities households at $1 a day per person cannot afford let alone those with $0.5 a day per person. The country has grown between
- 9. The Developmentalist View: According to this view, India suffers from poverty due to colonial exploitation. The Neoliberal View: According to this view, the following are the causes of poverty. Unemployment and underemployment Lack of property rights Dependence on agriculture High population growth rate Caste system
- 10. Street children in India selling snacks and drinks to bus passengers
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- II – N . China 1920s , Soviet 1920s –1940s , China’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ early 1960s III – N. Korea’s late 1990s - Famine has shifted from the Northern Hemisphere and Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1980s, famines have resided in the Horn of Africa , Shift is associated with drop in famine mortality (smaller populations in Africa than Asia)
- - Famines always have political dimensions - Traditionally triggered by nat disasters, with weak local economies, lacking political will & logistical cap to intervene - During colonial period in Africa and Asia, natural triggers and political vulnerability initially increased - Late colonial period mass mortality diminished with developments in communication, transport infrastructure, early warning systems and relief intervention mechanisms
- After independence, India continued to reduce political vulnerability factors Microeconomic vulnerability – household poverty Pol. Instability – civil wars, counter-insurgency, militurization
- Conflict – Mozambique, Liberia Drought – Ethiopia and Sudan