Rural Poverty Reduction and Economic Transformation in China : A Decomposition Approach
Rural poverty in China fell from 96 percent in 1980 to less than 1 percent of the population in 2019. Using PovcalNet data for China and a set of comparable countries, this paper estimates growth-poverty elasticities. It finds that China stands out...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/653101636992070146/Rural-Poverty-Reduction-and-Economic-Transformation-in-China-A-Decomposition-Approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36602 |