Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India - 9783319852805

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Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and IndiaAuthor(s): A.S. Bhalla, Dan Luo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783319852805, 978-3319852805\nSynopsis\nThis book, a second edition, includes new data from the 2010 Census of India and NSS reports on consumer expenditure [tel], health and education [tel] to examine poverty in China and India, and how it connects with minorities. Poverty has generally become less acute in both China and India, thanks to an impressively rapid growth especially between 2010 and 2015 when the rest of the world including the US and the EU slowed down following the economic recession of 2008. But the issues of income and non-income inequalities (especially malnutrition in India), marginalization and social exclusion remain as acute as ever in both countries.\n\nAs well as the use of new primary material in every chapter, the book also critically examines new relevan.