Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (57 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
Parallel Title:
Chen, Shaohua China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty
Keywords:
Economic Policies
;
Extreme Poverty
;
Farmers
;
Health, Nutrition and Population
;
High Inequality
;
Household Survey
;
Impact On Poverty
;
Income Growth
;
Inequality
;
Measures
;
National Poverty
;
Poor
;
Poor People
;
Population Policies
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Pro-Poor Growth
;
Rural Development
;
Rural Poverty Reduction
;
Economic Policies
;
Extreme Poverty
;
Farmers
;
Health, Nutrition and Population
;
High Inequality
;
Household Survey
;
Impact On Poverty
;
Income Growth
;
Inequality
;
Measures
;
National Poverty
;
Poor
;
Poor People
;
Population Policies
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Pro-Poor Growth
;
Rural Development
;
Rural Poverty Reduction
;
Economic Policies
;
Extreme Poverty
;
Farmers
;
Health, Nutrition and Population
;
High Inequality
;
Household Survey
;
Impact On Poverty
;
Income Growth
;
Inequality
;
Measures
;
National Poverty
;
Poor
;
Poor People
;
Population Policies
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Pro-Poor Growth
;
Rural Development
;
Rural Poverty Reduction
Abstract:
While the incidence of extreme poverty in China fell dramatically over 1980–2001, progress was uneven over time and across provinces. Rural areas accounted for the bulk of the gains to the poor, though migration to urban areas helped. The pattern of growth mattered. Rural economic growth was far more important to national poverty reduction than urban economic growth. Agriculture played a far more important role than the secondary or tertiary sources of GDP. Rising inequality within the rural sector greatly slowed poverty reduction. Provinces starting with relatively high inequality saw slower progress against poverty, due both to lower growth and a lower growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Taxation of farmers and inflation hurt the poor. External trade had little short-term impact. This paper—a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the causes of country success in poverty reduction
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