Poverty Line in China Rural Areas

A Critical Reappraisal

Bibliographic Data

ID12455642
AuthorsLixiong Yang (0000-0003-4878-859X, Renmin University of China), Yang Lixiong, Ernest Chui W T (University of Hong Kong, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume14
Issue3
Pages329-346
Publication date2010-07-21
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Poverty (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-5549 • E-ISSN: 1540-7608
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10875549.2010.494956
OpenAlexW1979753014
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

In 1980s, the rural poverty line was set up in rural China. Although official statistics apparently reveal substantial reduction in rural poverty, the insensitivity of the poverty line to food price changes has rendered it unable to reflect the consumption power of poor farmers in rural China. This article argues that the rural poverty rate is being underestimated, and there is increasing income disparity in China. It is suggested that a new relative poverty line should be introduced in rural areas in China to enable the population to share in the achievements of economic development. This is also relevant to other countries that are having stark rural-urban income disparity. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

China · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Line (geometry · Political science · Poverty · Rural poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Income, Poverty, and Inequality

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