- Title
- Rural Poverty in China: Problem and Policy
- Author(s)
- Gregory C. Chow Gregory Chow (Princeton University)
- Abstract
- This paper describes the economic conditions of rural China regarding poverty. By dividing the problem of rural poverty into three components it explains why rural poverty is China?s No. 1 economic problem in spite of the significant improvement in the living standard of the rural population. After discussing the solution proposed by the Chinese government it raises two policy questions, one concerning a proposal to eliminate the operational functions of township governments in the streamlining of the local government structure and the second on the possibility of controlling the abuse of power by local party officials that infringes on the rights of the farmers. A comparison with the conditions in India is provided.
- Creation Date
- 2006-09
- Section URL ID
- CEPS
- Paper Number
- 134
- URL
- https://gceps.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/134chow.pdf
- File Function
- Jel
- D31, I32
- Keyword(s)
- China
- Suppress
- false
- Series
- 3