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Guanghua Wan - Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China - 9781349359615 - V9781349359615
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Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China

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Description for Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China Paperback. This bookexplorestrends of inequality and poverty in China, identifies their causes and assesses their consequences, analyzing in detailthe regional/personal variation in incomes, measures of human wellbeing, the gap between the coastal regions and the interior regions, and urban rural disparity." Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCF; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book explores trends of inequality and poverty in China, identifies their causes and assesses their consequences, analyzing in detail the regional/personal variation in incomes, measures of human wellbeing, the gap between the coastal regions and the interior regions, and urban–rural disparity.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Development Economics and Policy
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349359615
SKU
V9781349359615
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Guanghua Wan
ZHAO CHEN Associate Professor of Economics, China Centre for Economic Studies (CCES), Fudan University, China; Director of the Fudan Institute for Industrial Development Studies XING CHUNBING Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal University, China QIN GAO Assistant Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service ROBERT GREGORY Professor Emeritus, Research School of Social Sciences, ... Read more

Reviews for Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China
The miraculous economic growth in China has, since the mid-1980s, been accompanied by rapidly rising inequality. This is slowing down poverty reduction and is tearing at China's social fabric. Understanding the causes and implications of this rising inequality is thus critical. This volume provides the most up to date and thorough empirical analyses of these crucial issues by leading China ... Read more

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