than 200 villages from 8 provinces in China, we examine the main occupations that have characterised China's labour markets … manufacturing and service firms. Our findings suggest that rural development in China is being built by a process that can be …

This paper examines the impact of irrigation on rural incomes, poverty and the income distribution in rural China. The … distribution, inequality is decomposed by source of income, by group according to access to irrigation and by estimated income … poverty and inequality. …

This study uses a randomized controlled trial of a school-based anemia reduction program in rural China to examine how …

The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As … communities in the Greater Beijing area, we find small and poor farmers have actively participate in the emergence of China … the paper we document seven characteristics of China's food economy that we believe account for this unique set of …

The emergence of China as an economic power is one of the miracle growth stories of the last part of the 20th century …). In fact, by the end of 2007 China had achieved many of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …

The overall aim of the present paper is to better understand the evolution of tubewell ownership in the North China … also show that the privatisation of tubewells has affected cropping patterns in the North China Plain. When villages shift …

Purpose – With the rise in the opportunity to go to college, the purpose of this paper is to identify if China's rural …