Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lagging Regions: Evidence from Rural Western China

Luc Christiaensen, Lei Pan and Sangui Wang

No wp-2010-035, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Using 2000-04 panel data this study analyses the pathways rural households followed out of poverty in two lagging provinces of China, Inner Mongolia and Gansu. Rising labour productivity in agriculture has been key, and still holds much promise. Labour mobility has also been important in Gansu. So far, rural diversification has not proven to contribute much to poverty reduction. Income transfers and agricultural tax abolishment have helped at the margin.

Keywords: Agriculture; Mathematical models (Economic development); Internal migration; Panel analysis; Poverty measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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