The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China

China has seen a huge reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty since the economic reforms that started in the late 1970s. Yet, the growth process has been highly uneven across sectors and regions. The paper tests whether the pattern of China´s...

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Main Authors: Montalvo, Jose G., Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-42602021-04-23T14:02:16Z The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China Montalvo, Jose G. Ravallion, Martin ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE INCOME AGGREGATE OUTPUT AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE CHANGES IN POVERTY CITIES COEFFICIENTS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COUNTERFACTUAL COVARIANCE MATRIX DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LETTERS ERROR TERM ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION METHOD EXCHANGE RATE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY FIXED EFFECTS FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATOR GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PRO-POOR GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH INEQUALITY IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY WILL INFLATION RATE LAND INEQUALITY LAND RIGHTS LANDHOLDINGS LEVEL OF POVERTY LOW INEQUALITY MEAN INCOME MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE 0 HYPOTHESIS OUTPUT GROWTH POLICY CHOICES POLICY DEBATE POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE POST-REFORM POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PRO-POOR PROVINCE PROVINCIAL DATA PROVINCIAL LEVEL PUBLIC INVESTMENT REDISTRIBUTION REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL PROVINCES SECTORAL COMPOSITION SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SPATIAL DIMENSIONS SPATIAL INEQUALITY STANDARD DEVIATION SUB-NATIONAL SUBNATIONAL UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY China has seen a huge reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty since the economic reforms that started in the late 1970s. Yet, the growth process has been highly uneven across sectors and regions. The paper tests whether the pattern of China´s growth mattered to poverty reduction using a new provincial panel data set constructed for this purpose. The econometric tests support the view that the primary sector (mainly agriculture) has been the main driving force in poverty reduction over the period since 1980. It was the sectoral unevenness in the growth process, rather than its geographic unevenness, that handicapped poverty reduction. Yes, China has had great success in reducing poverty through economic growth, but this happened despite the unevenness in its sectoral pattern of growth. The idea of a trade-off between these sectors in terms of overall progress against poverty in China turns out to be a moot point, given how little evidence there is of any poverty impact of non-primary sector growth, controlling for primary-sector growth. While the non-primary sectors were key drivers of aggregate growth, it was the primary sector that did the heavy lifting against poverty. 2012-03-19T19:12:48Z 2012-03-19T19:12:48Z 2009-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091006163931 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4260 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5069 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific East Asia Asia China
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE INCOME
AGGREGATE OUTPUT
AGGREGATE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
CHANGES IN POVERTY
CITIES
COEFFICIENTS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COUNTERFACTUAL
COVARIANCE MATRIX
DETERMINANT OF POVERTY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS LETTERS
ERROR TERM
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
ESTIMATION METHOD
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXTREME POVERTY
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATOR
GROWTH ELASTICITY
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH PRO-POOR
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH INEQUALITY
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY WILL
INFLATION RATE
LAND INEQUALITY
LAND RIGHTS
LANDHOLDINGS
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LOW INEQUALITY
MEAN INCOME
MUNICIPALITIES
MUNICIPALITY
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
0 HYPOTHESIS
OUTPUT GROWTH
POLICY CHOICES
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION SHARE
POST-REFORM
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRO-POOR
PROVINCE
PROVINCIAL DATA
PROVINCIAL LEVEL
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
REDISTRIBUTION
REDUCING INEQUALITY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
RURAL PROVINCES
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
SPATIAL DIMENSIONS
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
SUB-NATIONAL
SUBNATIONAL
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POVERTY
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE INCOME
AGGREGATE OUTPUT
AGGREGATE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
CHANGES IN POVERTY
CITIES
COEFFICIENTS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COUNTERFACTUAL
COVARIANCE MATRIX
DETERMINANT OF POVERTY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS LETTERS
ERROR TERM
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
ESTIMATION METHOD
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXTREME POVERTY
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATOR
GROWTH ELASTICITY
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH PRO-POOR
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH INEQUALITY
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY WILL
INFLATION RATE
LAND INEQUALITY
LAND RIGHTS
LANDHOLDINGS
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LOW INEQUALITY
MEAN INCOME
MUNICIPALITIES
MUNICIPALITY
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
0 HYPOTHESIS
OUTPUT GROWTH
POLICY CHOICES
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION SHARE
POST-REFORM
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRO-POOR
PROVINCE
PROVINCIAL DATA
PROVINCIAL LEVEL
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
REDISTRIBUTION
REDUCING INEQUALITY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
RURAL PROVINCES
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
SPATIAL DIMENSIONS
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
SUB-NATIONAL
SUBNATIONAL
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POVERTY
Montalvo, Jose G.
Ravallion, Martin
The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
East Asia and Pacific
East Asia
Asia
China
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5069
description China has seen a huge reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty since the economic reforms that started in the late 1970s. Yet, the growth process has been highly uneven across sectors and regions. The paper tests whether the pattern of China´s growth mattered to poverty reduction using a new provincial panel data set constructed for this purpose. The econometric tests support the view that the primary sector (mainly agriculture) has been the main driving force in poverty reduction over the period since 1980. It was the sectoral unevenness in the growth process, rather than its geographic unevenness, that handicapped poverty reduction. Yes, China has had great success in reducing poverty through economic growth, but this happened despite the unevenness in its sectoral pattern of growth. The idea of a trade-off between these sectors in terms of overall progress against poverty in China turns out to be a moot point, given how little evidence there is of any poverty impact of non-primary sector growth, controlling for primary-sector growth. While the non-primary sectors were key drivers of aggregate growth, it was the primary sector that did the heavy lifting against poverty.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Montalvo, Jose G.
Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Montalvo, Jose G.
Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Montalvo, Jose G.
title The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
title_short The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
title_full The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
title_fullStr The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
title_full_unstemmed The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
title_sort pattern of growth and poverty reduction in china
publishDate 2012
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