Poverty and public celebrations in rural India
By: Vijayendra Rao.
Contributors: World Bank. Development Research Group. Poverty and Human Resources.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2528; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2528.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Poverty and Human Resources
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Poverty -- India.; Anniversaries -- India.; India -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25)
Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 23, 2002.
"January 2001"--Cover.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Very poor households spend large sums on celebrations. To the extent that these expenditures are central to maintaining the networks essential for social relationships and coping with poverty, these are reasonable expenses. To the extent that they are status competitions, they may merely increase conspicuous consumption.