An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to China for Poverty Reduction in the 1990s

An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to China for Poverty Reduction in the 1990s

This paper attempts an evaluation of World Bank s assistance to China for poverty reduction during the 1990s. It begins with a summary of China's performance in poverty reduction during the decade as a backdrop to the subject in section two. S...

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Main Author:	Khan, A.R.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE LEVEL BACKWARD REGIONS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFICIARIES CENTRAL REGION CHRONIC POVERTY COASTAL REGION COASTAL REGIONS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CORRUPTION DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISADVANTAGED AREAS DOMESTIC PRICES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMICS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATED REDUCTION ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS FARM ACTIVITIES FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTION FARM PRODUCTS FARMERS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FORESTRY SECTOR GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH GROWTH HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME POVERTY INCREASED INVESTMENT INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTER-REGIONAL INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LONG RUN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE IMPACT NET INCOME NGO NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITION OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR AREAS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR COUNTIES POOR COUNTRIES POOR FARMERS POOR PEOPLE POOR PROVINCES POOR REGIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INTERVENTIONS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION ACTIVITIES POVERTY REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION WORK POVERTY THRESHOLD POVERTY TRAPS PROGRAMS PROJECT OBJECTIVES PTI PTI PROJECTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR RAPID GROWTH REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL ALLOCATION REMOTE AREAS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT RURAL HEALTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION RURAL POVERTY LINE RURAL POVERTY LINES RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSFORMATION RURAL URBAN NATIONAL SANITATION SECTORAL COMPOSITION SOCIAL PROTECTION SQUARED POVERTY GAP SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUBSISTENCE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY WAGE INCOME
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/20106298/evaluation-world-bank-assistance-china-poverty-reduction-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20209

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Summary:	This paper attempts an evaluation of World Bank s assistance to China for poverty reduction during the 1990s. It begins with a summary of China's performance in poverty reduction during the decade as a backdrop to the subject in section two. Section three, presents an analysis of the causes why China's performance in poverty reduction was not faster during this decade of extraordinarily rapid growth. Section four briefly considers the evolution of China's strategy for poverty reduction. Section five, the central section of the paper, discusses the role of the Bank's main instruments - economic and sector work; and lending operations in helping China alleviate poverty. Section six considers future priorities for Bank strategy in China to help accelerate the reduction of remaining poverty in the country.