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100			_aMaheshwari, Asha
245			_aEconomic reforms and rural poverty
260			_c2002
300			_a1676-685.
362			_a27 April
520			_aWith the launching of structural reforms by the government in mid-1991, rural poverty rose sharply in 1992. In 1991-92, there was also rainfall deficiency. So, was the rise in poverty on account of bad weather conditions, or due to economic reforms? The analysis in this paper reveals that rainfall deficiency by itself would not have led to the sharp rise in poverty. Government policy - not necessarily the fiscal contraction of 1991-92, was important. For the reversal in the trend of rural poverty in 1993-94 fiscal expenditure was important. However, even all these factors together leave a large part of poverty changes unexplained. - Reproduced.
650			_aRural poor
650			_aPoverty
650			_aEconomic reform
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a52220
999			_c52220 _d52220