China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

Preface -- Chapter 1 Poverty Alleviation Process in Rural China -- Chapter 2 Literature Review -- Chapter 3 Absolute … and Relative Changes in Rural Poverty -- Chapter 4 Pro-poor Growth for Rural China -- Chapter 5 The Decomposition of … Poverty -- Chapter 10 Relieving Relative Poverty in Rural China -- Appendix. …

Large numbers of agricultural labor moved from the countryside to cities after the economic reforms in China. Migration …