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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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