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Poverty and inequality and social policy in China
Author(s)	Bingqin Li, David Piachaud
Corporate Author	ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - CASE, Suntory-Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines - STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science
Publisher	STICERD, London, 2004
Pages	46 pp (CASEpaper 87)
Source	Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case
Keywords	Poverty ; Social policy ; China.
Annotation	Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. This paper examines three phases of development since the foundation of the People's Republic: the central planning era (1949-1978); the pro-urban growth model (1978-1999); and more recent changes (1999-2004). For each phase, the nature of the economic and social policies are described, and the effect on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that is subservient to the economic strategy are considered. The alternative of a model of social development based on the livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality is considered. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-041215216 B
Classmark	W6: TM2: 7DC
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