Table 1 (Datt and Ravallion, EPW 2010): Rate of change of the Headcount Ratio (% p.a.) is pre-1991 and post-1991; the rate of population growth (% p.a.) is pre-1991 and post-1991. From this we can conclude that the total number of poor people was:
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Table 1 (Datt and Ravallion, EPW 2010): Rate of change of the Headcount Ratio H (% p.a.) is -1.1 pre-1991 and -2.4 post-1991; the rate of population growth (% p.a.) is 2.2 pre-1991 and 1.7 post-1991. From this we can conclude that the total number of poor people was: (A) Rising before 1991 but falling after 1991 (B) Falling before 1991 but rising after 1991 (C) Falling both before and after 1991, but at different rates (D) Rising both before and after 1991, but at different rates
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