POOREST OF THE POOR: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF RURAL PRODUCE IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Andhra Pradesh presents a unique case of poverty reduction, its performance between 1970 and 1988 being the highest among all the major states. This trend is not surprising for the 1970s, a period of rapid agricultural growth, but is perplexing for the latter part of the 1980s when growth had slackened.