Staff View: China - From Poor Areas to Poor People : China's Evolving Poverty Reduction Agenda - An Assessment of Poverty and Inequality in China : Executive Summary

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China - From Poor Areas to Poor People : China's Evolving Poverty Reduction Agenda - An Assessment of Poverty and Inequality in China : Executive Summary

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this vast nation of 1.3 billion people has achieved in so little time. In terms of a wide range of indicators, the progress has b...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRIBUSINESS ENTERPRISES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL YIELDS AVERAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AVERAGE INCOMES BASIC EDUCATION BASIC HEALTH BASIC HEALTHCARE CASH TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY COASTAL REGION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAM CURRENT POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMICS EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL TRADE EXTREME POVERTY FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARMERS FOOD NEEDS FOOD-FOR-WORK FORM OF POVERTY GINI INDEX GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH BUDGET HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INCREASING INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND MANAGEMENT MEAN INCOMES MEANS TESTING MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY NATURAL DISASTERS OLD AGE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY ISSUES POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTIES POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR PERSON POOR VILLAGES POORER AREAS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY SITUATION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRO-POOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RAPID GROWTH REAL INCOMES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REGIONAL INVESTMENT REGIONAL INVESTMENT CLIMATE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL GROWTH RURAL HEALTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL LABOR RURAL MIGRANTS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL PRICES RURAL WAGES RURAL WORKERS SAFETY NET SAVINGS SCHOOLING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING SOCIAL SECURITY SQUARED POVERTY GAP STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TAXATION TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY URBAN WORKERS VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUPS WELFARE BENEFITS
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