Di Bao Receipt and Its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China

Poverty and Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-32

  Gustafsson, Bjorn A ^a   Quheng, Deng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Chinese Academy of Social Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Cultural Revolution; Poverty; Social assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044803801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-2858.1127     Document Type: Article

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