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Rural Poverty in China: Problem and Policy

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  • Gregory C. Chow

    (Princeton University)

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This paper describes the economic conditions of rural China regarding poverty. By dividing the problem of rural poverty into three components it explains why rural poverty is China?s No. 1 economic problem in spite of the significant improvement in the living standard of the rural population. After discussing the solution proposed by the Chinese government it raises two policy questions, one concerning a proposal to eliminate the operational functions of township governments in the streamlining of the local government structure and the second on the possibility of controlling the abuse of power by local party officials that infringes on the rights of the farmers. A comparison with the conditions in India is provided.

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  • Gregory C. Chow, 2006. "Rural Poverty in China: Problem and Policy," Working Papers 68, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies..
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    1. Guoyin Xu & Tong Zhao & Rong Wang, 2022. "Research on the Efficiency Measurement and Spatial Spillover Effect of China’s Regional E-Commerce Poverty Alleviation from the Perspective of Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Paolo Liberati, 2015. "The World Distribution of Income And Its Inequality, 1970–2009," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 61(2), pages 248-273, June.
    3. Gregory C. Chow, 2006. "An Economic Analysis of Health Care in China," Working Papers 70, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies..
    4. Liu, Lee, 2012. "Environmental poverty, a decomposed environmental Kuznets curve, and alternatives: Sustainability lessons from China," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 86-92.
    5. WANG, Zuxiang & SMYTH, Russell & NG, Yew-Kwang, 2009. "A new ordered family of Lorenz curves with an application to measuring income inequality and poverty in rural China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 218-235, June.
    6. Gill,Indermit S. & Revenga,Ana L. & Zeballos,Christian, 2016. "Grow, invest, insure : a game plan to end extreme poverty by 2030," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7892, The World Bank.
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    8. Gregory C. Chow, 2006. "An Economic Analysis of Health Care in China," Working Papers 70, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies..
    9. Furong Jin & Keun Lee, 2017. "Dynamics of the growth–inequality nexus in China: roles of surplus labor, openness, education, and technical change in province-panel analysis," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 1-25, January.

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    Keywords

    China;

    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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