-based poverty program in the world, namely China's Di Bao program, which aims to assure a minimum income through means …

address these concerns in the context of China's Di Bao program, which uses means-tested transfers to try to assure that no …

development. The authors argue that the development paths of both China and India have been influenced by, and have generated …The paper examines the ways in which recent economic growth has been uneven in China and India and what this has meant …-continued incentives for innovation and investment-but reduce the scope for bad ones, notably through investments in human capital and …

In a rare example of an explicit national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty, China's leadership has … the potential trade-offs, the paper asks whether China's experience indicates that income-polarization was a by-product of … polarizing in China …

The path of income inequality in post-reform China has been widely interpreted as "China's Kuznets curve." We show that … agrarian policy reforms. Our findings warn against any presumption that the Kuznets process will assure that China has passed …

data on incomes in rural China offer some answers. Theoretical work has shown that nonlinear dynamics in household incomes … and expenditures using panel data for 6,000 households over six years in rural southwest China. While they find evidence … percent of mean consumption.This paper - a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group - is part of a larger …

reducing chronic poverty.These findings suggest that China's poor-area development program may be appropriate for reducing … determinants of both chronic and transient poverty, taking panel data for post-reform rural China. They find that a household … for the poor.This paper - a product of Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group- is part of a larger effort …

impacts of specific trade reforms. The author presents case studies for China and Morocco. Both the macro and micro approaches … well-designed social protection policies.This paper - a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group - is part …

While the incidence of extreme poverty in China fell dramatically over 1980-2001, progress was uneven over time and … inflation hurt the poor. External trade had little short-term impact.This paper - a product of the Poverty Team, Development …