Eliminating poverty through development in China /
Wang Xiaolu, Li Shi, and Wang Sangui.
- xx,250 pages ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies on the Chinese economy series .
- Routledge studies on the Chinese economy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- A review of China's Poverty and Anti-poverty Efforts -- Socioeconomic Development and Poverty Reduction -- Evolution of Poverty Concepts and other Countries' Experiences -- New Characteristics of Poverty in China today -- The Absolute Poverty Line in China -- Poor Populations in Rural Areas of China -- Size and Geographical Distribution of Poor Populations in Urban Areas -- Analysis of the Causes of Poverty -- Agricultural Dependence and Natural Environmental Constraints -- Human Capital Constraints -- Public Services Constraints -- Causes of Urban Poverty -- A Brief Summary of the Causes of Poverty -- China's Poverty Alleviation Policies: Goals and Impacts -- Main Poverty Alleviation Policies and their Characteristics -- The Effects of Poverty Alleviation Policies in Rural Areas -- The Poverty Alleviation Effects of Anti-poverty Policies in Urban Areas -- Conclusive Evaluation of China's Anti-poverty Policies -- Governance and Poverty Alleviation -- The Organization of China's Poverty Alleviation Forces and their Functions -- The Chinese Government's Primary Experiences in Poverty Alleviation -- The Main Problems with the Chinese Government's Administrative Practices for Poverty Alleviation -- Suggestions for Poverty Alleviation Policies. 1. 1.1. 2.1. 3.1. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 6.