Download or read book Income-poverty and Beyond written by Raja Jesudoss Chelliah and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the need to go beyond the conventional definition of poverty and to consider various human aspects of the problem. Examines trends in income-poverty in India between 1983 and 1994, provides a profile of human development in rural India and investigates national poverty-reduction policies and programmes. Analyses expenditure for human development and considers poor people's perceptions and assessments of poverty.