2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.023
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Persistent Poverty in Rural China: Where, Why, and How to Escape?

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“…), at both household and per capita level. Both accumulated asset and consumption variables are better measures if we are concerned about long-term poverty (Carter & Barrett, 2006;Carter & May, 2001;Glauben, Herzfeld, & Wang, 2012;Jalan & Ravallion, 1999). Because income at one shot may suffer from positive or negative shocks, which may not be observable from crosssectional data.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), at both household and per capita level. Both accumulated asset and consumption variables are better measures if we are concerned about long-term poverty (Carter & Barrett, 2006;Carter & May, 2001;Glauben, Herzfeld, & Wang, 2012;Jalan & Ravallion, 1999). Because income at one shot may suffer from positive or negative shocks, which may not be observable from crosssectional data.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Consequently, the measurement of poverty evolved from onedimensional measurement of income/consumption to multidimensional measurement of income, education, health, nutrition, resources, environment, location, and vulnerability. Actually, the remaining poor in rural China are experiencing severe multidimensional deprivations beyond economic shortage (Cao, Wang, & Wang, 2009;Glauben et al, 2012;Xiong, 2001). Therefore, developing method for identification of multidimensional poverty becomes an urgent and meaningful trial for China to improve its accuracy of poverty targeting and promote the effectiveness of poverty reduction.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Investigations of poverty in countries or regions with small or scattered populations of poor people tend to identify and target people and households, whereas countries or regions with large populations of poor people concentrated in particular areas, as in China, tend to target geographic units. The latest official data indicate there are still more than 100 million poor people living in rural China, and they are densely concentrated in western mountainous regions (Cao et al, 2009;Glauben et al, 2012;Yue, Li, & Wang, 2005). The characteristics of Chinese rural poverty make it necessary for government to implement antipoverty projects based on data from geographic targeting.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The majority of the population in Yunnan lives in mountainous rural areas and partly relies on forests for collecting firewood and constructing wood and non-timber forest products [39]. Yunnan is among the poorest provinces in China, with many of its rural poor living in poverty [40,41].…”
Section: Study Sitementioning
confidence: 99%