Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper … social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered. …

Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper … social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered. …

There are alternative definitions of vulnerability to poverty. Most researchers prefer to define vulnerability as the … panel data from rural China, this paper attempt to assess the extent to which we can measure vulnerability to poverty. The … assessment is based on comparisons between predicted vulnerability and actually observed poverty. We find that the precision of …

Rapid growth and structural change have reduced poverty in East Asian economies. Income inequality has been low in … Korea and Taiwan, but has risen in recent years with economic liberalization. In the Southeast Asian economies of Thailand …, Malaysia and Indonesia, poverty has declined, while income inequality trends have varied, rising most clearly in Thailand. With …

growth and poverty alleviation. … Industry Protection -- 4. Other Common Arguments for Protection -- Part II -- 5. Trade Openness, Growth, and Poverty: Exposing … the Critics' Specious Arguments -- 6. Trade Openness and Growth: The Empirical Evidence -- 7. Trade Openness and Poverty …