Di Bao : A Guaranteed Minimum Income in China’s Cities?

Concerns about incentives and targeting naturally arise when cash transfers are used to fight poverty. The authors address these concerns in the context of China's Di Bao program, which uses means-tested transfers to try to assure that no registered urban resident has an income below a stipulat...

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Main Authors: Chen, Shaohua, Ravallion, Martin, Wang, Youjuan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6523063/di-bao-guaranteed-minimum-income-urban-china
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8831

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