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Drivers of poverty reduction in lagging regions: Evidence from rural Western China
Using 2000-04 panel data this study analyses the pathways rural households followed out of poverty in two lagging provinces of China, Inner Mongolia and Gansu. Rising labour productivity in agriculture has been key, and still holds much promise. Labour mobility has also been important in Gansu. So far, rural diversification has not proven to contribute much to poverty reduction. Income transfers and agricultural tax abolishment have helped at the margin. Overall, the findings highlight that the scope for reducing poverty in lagging rural regions is often substantial in agriculture, also in countries where non-agriculture drives overall growth.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-272-6
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2010/35
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Thema
agriculture
migration
rural nonfarm employment
lagging region
poverty
migration
rural nonfarm employment
lagging region
poverty
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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Christiaensen, Luc
Pan, Lei
Wang, Sangui
Pan, Lei
Wang, Sangui
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:25 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Christiaensen, Luc
- Pan, Lei
- Wang, Sangui
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2010
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