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Jobs and Migration are Key Drivers in Reducing Inequality, Can Offset Inherited Disadvantages at Birth

New Delhi, January 20, 2015: Jobs and migration are supporting considerable upward mobility among both the poor and the vulnerable sections of the population in India. Households from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes  considered together  experienced upward mobility comparable to that of the rest of the population, says a new World Bank report. …

India: The Current Downturn Presents an Opportunity to Push Ahead With Reforms to Accelerate Growth, Says World Bank

India: The Current Downturn Presents an Opportunity to Push Ahead With Reforms to Accelerate Growth, Says World Bank Expects GDP to expand 4.7% in 2014 and 6.2% in 2015; pace of poverty reduction faster, especially in low income states New Delhi, October 16, 2013 – Recent global market turmoil is unlikely to have major adverse …