Are There Lessons for Africa from China's Success against Poverty?

Are There Lessons for Africa from China's Success against Poverty?

At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than Africa as a whole. Within five years that was no longer true. This paper tries to explain how China escaped from a situation in which extreme poverty persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While ackn...

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Public Administration
Public Sector Accounting and Audits H830
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Formal and Informal Sectors
Shadow Economy
Institutional Arrangements O170
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
Health
Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4864

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