Migration, remote rural areas and chronic poverty in India
This paper explores the relationship between migration, remoteness and chronic poverty in India. It addresses one of the key challenges for India, where growing levels of inequality and uneven growth have resulted in large sections of the population being excluded or adversely incorporated. Many of these people belong to remote rural areas and are chronically poor. They routinely migrate for work to smooth consumption, repay debts and invest in health and agriculture. Yet policy is poorly informed about migration and its relationship with chronic poverty.