China's Poor Regions

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China's Poor Regions

Rural-Urban Migration, Poverty, Economic Reform and Urbanisation

Poverty and precarity Development economics and emerging economies Population and migration geography

Author: Mei Zhang

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Collection: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 1st March 2004

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 736 Kb

ISBN: 9781134356966


Overview

The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. This book investigates the problem of poverty in China''s regions, discussing in particular the role of rural-urban migration in reducing poverty.

Contents

It surveys the distribution and characteristics of poverty, examines anti-poverty initiatives by the Chinese government and includes the results of original research conducted in Shanxi, a typical province in Central China.

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