It is where you are that matters: the spatial determinants of rural poverty in India
用空间计量方法研究印度农村贫困的决定因素，发现农业增长是减少贫困的关键，但农业增长率存在显著的空间依赖，灌溉是农业增长的主要驱动力，其空间差异与农业生态条件有关。
Abstract The spatial patterns of poverty in India are of considerable importance in themselves and for development theory and practice. This article examines the determinants of rural poverty in India using spatial econometric methods. It finds that while agricultural growth is the key determinant of rural poverty declines, there is significant spatial dependence in the growth rates of agricultural output. Irrigation is the primary driver of agricultural growth, and spatial variations in irrigation development seem to be associated with agro‐ecological conditions which may be vastly different within Indian states, parts of which may be similar to those prevailing in geographically contiguous states. Poverty reduction strategies need to be designed in the light of spatial factors and using spatial methods.