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...

• Main Author: Piazza, Alan Lee
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2001
• Series: A World Bank country study ;
• Subjects: POBREZA; POBLACION RURAL > 1988-1998; ALIVIO DE LA POBREZA; DESARROLLO RURAL; CHINA; MITIGACION DE LA POBREZA; REDUCCION DE LA POBREZA
• Online Access: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235021468769302523/China-overcoming-rural-poverty

Table of Contents:

• Trends in rural poverty in the 1990s
• 2. The macroeconomic context
• 3. Poverty reduction programs in China
• 4. Measures to increase mountain area productivity
• Annexes: Annex 1: Quantitative trends
• Annex 2: Macroeconomic statistics
• Annex 3: Improved technology, research, and extension needs for mountain agriculture
• Annex 4: Participatory poverty assessments
• Annex 5: Policies for poverty reduction in China.