1st Edition
Eliminating Poverty Through Development in China
By China Development Research Foundation
Copyright 2009
280 Pages
52 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
280 Pages
52 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
280 Pages
52 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In recent years China has achieved impressive economic growth, and also made remarkable progress in human development. However, contemporary China is still faced with the great challenge of widespread poverty. This not only constitutes a barrier against China’s pursuit of sustainable economic growth, but also poses a potential threat to China’s attempts to construct a harmonious society in the... Read more
1. Preface 1.1 A review of China’s poverty and anti-poverty efforts 2.1 Socioeconomic development and poverty reduction 3.1 Evolution of poverty concepts and other countries’ experiences 2. New characteristics of poverty in China today 2.1 The absolute poverty line in China 2.2 Poor populations in rural areas of China 2.3 Size and geographical distribution of poor populations in urban areas 3. Analysis of the causes of poverty 3.1 Agricultural dependence and natural environmental constraints 3.2 Human capital constraints 3.3 Public services constraints 3.4 Causes of urban poverty 3.5 A brief summary of the causes of poverty 4. China’s poverty alleviation policies: goals and impacts 4.1 Main poverty alleviation policies and their characteristics 4.2 The effects of poverty alleviation policies in rural areas 4.3 The poverty alleviation effects of anti-poverty policies in urban areas 4.4 Conclusive evaluation of China’s anti-poverty policies 5. Governance and poverty alleviation 5.1 The organization of China’s poverty alleviation forces and their functions 5.2 The Chinese Government’s primary experiences in poverty alleviation 5.3 The main problems with the Chinese Government’s administrative practices for poverty alleviation 6. Suggestions for poverty alleviation policies
Biography
China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.
