China : overcoming rural poverty /

Although China has long been recognized for its achievements in reducing absolute poverty since 1978, international standards now estimate increased poverty incidences, particularly among the rural poor, mostly concentrated in the western provinces, within remote and mountainous townships, where the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piazza, Alan Lee
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2001
Series:A World Bank country study ;
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235021468769302523/China-overcoming-rural-poverty