China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty
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 o...
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okr-10986-142412021-04-23T14:03:21Z China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty Ravallion, Martin Chen, Shaohua 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 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. 2013-06-27T17:38:41Z 2013-06-27T17:38:41Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5168139/chinas-uneven-progress-against-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14241 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3408 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |
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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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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 Ravallion, Martin Chen, Shaohua China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Ravallion, Martin Chen, Shaohua |
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Ravallion, Martin Chen, Shaohua |
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Ravallion, Martin |
| title |
China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty |
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China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty |
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China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty |
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China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty |
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China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty |
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china's (uneven) progress against poverty |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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