its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for 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 …

The present document examines the role of social and economic transformation in the process of poverty reduction in … China. China's economic growth and poverty reduction over the past 40 years are historically unprecedented both in speed and … regions of the World. The proportion of those living in poverty in rural areas fell from 97.5 percent to less than one percent …

At the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than for 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 …