Download or read book Why Poverty Persists in India written by Mukesh Eswaran and published by Delhi : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examine how the links between the various sectors of the economy impinge on the development process. They argue that moving labour from agriculture into industry is a key element in improving the well-being of the poor but qualify this by showing that industrial progress by itself cannot benefit the poor, in the absence of progress in the agricultural sector.