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 gross domestic product (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.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Ravallion, Martin,
Chen, Shaohua |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2004-09
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| Subjects: | ABSOLUTE POVERTY,
COST OF LIVING,
COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT,
COUNTERFACTUAL,
CPI,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMIC POLICIES,
EDUCATION,
ELASTICITIES,
ELASTICITY OF POVERTY,
ENTITLEMENTS,
EXCHANGE RATE,
EXTERNALITIES,
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS,
GDP,
GINI INDEX,
GROWTH RATE,
HEADCOUNT INDEX,
HEALTH,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
HOUSING,
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY,
INCOME,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
INCOME INEQUALITY,
INEQUALITY,
INFLATION,
INFLATION RATE,
LIVING STANDARDS,
LOW INCOME,
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION,
MEAN INCOME,
MIGRANTS,
MIGRATION,
MOTIVATION,
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS,
OIL,
POOR,
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES,
POVERTY GAP INDEX,
POVERTY INCIDENCE,
POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY LINES,
POVERTY MEASURES,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
PRICE CHANGES,
QUOTAS,
REMITTANCES,
RURAL POVERTY,
SANITATION,
SQUARED POVERTY GAP,
SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX,
TAXATION,
URBANIZATION, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5168139/chinas-uneven-progress-against-poverty
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14241
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