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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.
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-272-6
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2010/35
- Classification
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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
- Subject
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agriculture
migration
rural nonfarm employment
lagging region
poverty
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Christiaensen, Luc
Pan, Lei
Wang, Sangui
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- (where)
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Helsinki
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Christiaensen, Luc
- Pan, Lei
- Wang, Sangui
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2010
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