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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813046803321

Autore

Khan Azizur Rahman

Titolo

Inequality and poverty in China in the age of globalization / / Azizur Rahman Khan, Carl Riskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-19-771030-1

1-280-83447-1

0-19-535041-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

RiskinCarl

Disciplina

339.5/0951

Soggetti

Equality - China

Globalization

Poverty - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Household Income: Its Composition and Growth; 3 The Distribution of Income: Evolution of Inequality 1988-1995; 4 Trends in the Incidence of Poverty; 5 Gender, Health and Education: Human Development Dimensions of Inequality; 6 Explaining the Increase in Inequality and the Decline in Poverty Reduction; 7 Policies for the Reduction of Inequality and Poverty; 8 Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text analyses the growing inequality in income in China since the era of reform began in 1979. The economic growth policies adopted by China are just one of the issues discussed through the course of this book.