Asset Formation as an Instrument of Poverty Alleviation

Bio: Archana Gupta has a Bachelor in Economics and Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi. She has four years of work experience in social impact consulting and citizen service delivery. She has completed her Master’s degree in Public Policy from Kautilya School of Public Policy.

Political economy, governance, and issues of development are the areas of her interest. 

Project Outline: The exploratory research explores poverty in India through asset creation and ownership approach. It studies the status of existing assets at the household level in India and how they correspond to the respective poverty rates. The research is broadly qualitative in nature and focuses on analysing the role of physical assets in poverty alleviation and how they enhance people’s standard of living. The existing measurement of poverty is solely based on income/consumption approach. The thesis attempts to present a case to broaden the idea of poverty mitigation by considering household-level assets as an indicator of poverty alleviation.