Persistent poverty in rural China: Where, why, and how to escape?

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 784-795

  Glauben, Thomas ^a   Herzfeld, Thomas ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Wang, Xiaobing ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Dynamics; Hazard analysis; Poverty; Rural population

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL POPULATION;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84857138219     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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