Poverty and Gender Analysis in Rural India: An Evidence-Based Study

Abstract

The present paper explores poverty and gender analysis in the rural India that are
interrelated and have direct bearing on the bio-physical and socio-economic aspects of
human life. The paper clearly demonstrates that both altitude and location have an impact on poverty, livelihoods and gender relations. The village study provides intensive information about the nature of the problem by various disaggregates which often large surveys do not provide. The study makes an attempt to capture the ground reality from the field and presents the findings, which may prove useful for policy interventions in the study areas and similar regions. The results of present study show that an individual level measure can identify substantial gender differences in poverty that are masked at the household level. We also find a large potential for misclassification of poor individuals as non-poor when poverty is not assessed at the individual level.