Targeted poverty investments and economic growth in China

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2137-2151

  Rozelle, Scott ^a   Park, Albert ^b   Benziger, Vincent ^c   Ren, Changqing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anti poverty policy; China; Regional differences; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032412853     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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