1st Edition
China's Poor Regions Rural-Urban Migration, Poverty, Economic Reform and Urbanisation
By Mei Zhang
Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. This book investigates the problem of poverty in China's regions, discussing in particular the role of rural-urban migration in reducing poverty. It surveys the distribution and characteristics of poverty, examines anti-poverty initiatives by the Chinese government and includes the results of original research conducted in Shanxi, a typical province in Central China.
Introduction1. Poverty and Migration: a theoretical overview2. Poverty and international migration in China3. Case study region and methodology4. Case study analysis: sending areas5. Case study analysis: destinations6. To what extent can rural-urban migration resolve rural poverty?
Biography
Mei Zhang holds a PhD Degree from the University of Cambridge. Her main areas of work are women labour, rural-urban migration and poverty, urbanisation and quantitative analyses of urban environments.
review in The China Quarterly - 2005
