Understanding inequality and poverty in China : methods and applications /

The ongoing campaign of ₁western development₂ launched in 1999 and the recent Chinese government initiative of ₁building a harmonious society₂ highlight the urgency and significance of analyzing inequality and poverty. Prominent contributors from China and around the world explore trends of inequali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Institute for Development Economics Research
Otros Autores: Wan, Guang Hua
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Colección:Studies in development economics and policy.
Temas:
Since 2000
Income distribution > China.
Poverty > China.
Pauvreté > Chine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Economic history
Income distribution
Poverty
Inkomensverdeling.
Armoede.
Regionale verschillen.
Inkomstfördelning > Kina.
Fattigdom > Kina.
China > Economic conditions > 2000-
Chine > Conditions économiques > 2000-
China
China.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The ongoing campaign of ₁western development₂ launched in 1999 and the recent Chinese government initiative of ₁building a harmonious society₂ highlight the urgency and significance of analyzing inequality and poverty. Prominent contributors from China and around the world explore trends of inequality and poverty in China, identify their causes and assess their consequences. Issues explored within this volume include regional/personal variation in incomes, measures of human wellbeing - such as health and education - the gap between the coastal regions (which have strongly benefited from the expansion of China's exports) and the interior regions, and urban-rural disparity. This volume also examines the impact that a variety of different factors have had in determining inequality and poverty and their dynamics. Factors examined include resource endowment, location (including proximity to major transport links such as coastal ports), historical differences in the pace of economic development, the uneven impact of economic reform and imbalance in the provision of economic and social infrastructure.
Notas:Published in association with the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). -- T.p verso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 293 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230584259
023058425X
Acceso:University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus.

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