The Political Economy of Poverty Reduction: A Comparative Study of Two Chinese Provinces

• المؤلف الرئيسي: DONALDSON, John A.
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• الموضوعات: Asian Studies; Inequality and Stratification; Political Economy
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/132; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1131/viewcontent/comparative_study.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

Is growth good for the poor? In theory, yes. As one influential report on China’s “War on Poverty” suggested, ”Obviously robust economic growth helps reduce poverty, as long as the gains are reasonably distributed” (Rozelle et al. 2000). In practice as well, growth is often a crucial ingredient in t...