Chronic Poverty in a Remote Rural District in South West Madhya Pradesh: A Multidimensional Analysis of its Extent and Causes

Shah, Amita; Sah, D. C.

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“…The resources available in the village primarily are human and land resources. Sah and Shah (2003) have rightly argued that the failure to access natural resources has trapped tribal people in income poverty. The SEDS recognized the availability of youth who could be used for capacity-building purposes.…”

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Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis: Reflections from a Village in South India

Kasi

2017

Contemporary Voice of Dalit

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The terms ‘livelihoods’, ‘poverty’ and ‘development’ have different meanings in different societies and people. Development implies a better quality of life and enahancement of opportunities, and better access to assets and services to marginal communities: particularly the Adivasis, women and other marginalized communities. Developing its theoretical framework around the existing literature on the issues, this article argues that prevailing factional politics and apathy on the part of the governing agency are preventing the marginalized groups from adequately benefitting from the developmental interventions. Keeping in view the aforementioned argument, an empirical study was conducted in a tribal settlement in South India in order to understand the implications of different developmental interventions initiated both by the state and NGOs to improve the lives and livelihoods of marginalized groups. On the basis of this argument, this article has sought to raise policy questions pertinent to both the policymakers and practitioners on the efficacy of policies related to vulnerable groups.

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Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis: Reflections from a Village in South India

Kasi

2017

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“…Despite protection by the Constitution of India, they persistently remain the most backward ethnic group in India, reflected through important indicators of human capabilities (Singh 1993;Basu 1993). Mainstream development and modernisation initiatives through the commercial exploitation of adivasi land 1 and legislations such as the Adivasi Land Reform Act have in fact, adversely affected these communities (Singh 1993;Shah 2004). Thus adivasi livelihoods are entrapped in historical issues of contested land rights and exploitation.…”

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“…Adivasis in South-Western Madhya Pradesh have faced multiple discrimination in the market oriented agricultural growth strategy(Shah, 2004), while the Garos of Northeast India have experienced erosions in women's rights, due to changes in cultivation practices, inheritance and customary laws(Agarwal 1994).…”

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Managing Assets and Vulnerability Contexts: Vistas of Gendered Livelihoods of Adivasi Women in South India

Arun

2008

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In general, indigenous livelihoods are often adversely incorporated within development processes and policies on account of their multiple disadvantages and discrimination. The paper argues that the ability to build on or manage livelihoods is largely gendered, often exacerbated through the nuanced working of socio-economic forces as women's experiences of poverty should be located and deconstructed within the configuration of local, political, social and economic forces. Despite notable state led development initiatives in Kerala, the multidimensionality of deprivation among different groups of poor and women within these communities is yet to be seriously considered. Only then, responsive measures can be developed, that will bear any significant difference and meaning to a historically neglected social group. Their social, economic and political participation is important to develop responsive and specific policies and institutions in lieu of those that are designed on the basis of preconceived notions of 'modernisation' and 'homogeneity' of indigenous livelihoods.

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Dynamics of Chronic Poverty: Variations in Factors Influencing Entry and Exit of the Chronic Poor

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Bhide

2009

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Chronic Poverty in a Remote Rural District in South West Madhya Pradesh: A Multidimensional Analysis of its Extent and Causes

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis: Reflections from a Village in South India

Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis: Reflections from a Village in South India

Managing Assets and Vulnerability Contexts: Vistas of Gendered Livelihoods of Adivasi Women in South India

Dynamics of Chronic Poverty: Variations in Factors Influencing Entry and Exit of the Chronic Poor

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