POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGIES IN CHINA: EVOLUTION FROM AN AREA-BASED TO TARGETED STRATEGY

Liang Xiaomin () and Zhang Jin

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 2023, vol. 30, issue 2, 255-265

Abstract: Over the past four decades, China has successfully eradicated extreme poverty through a series of government-led anti-poverty strategies. This paper examines the evolution of the country’s “area-based” to “targeted” poverty alleviation strategy, keeping up with the changing circumstances of economic development and poverty situation. The experience of China shows that despite various challenges for a large developing country, poverty reduction is achievable through policy commitments and institutional coordination, adaptation to circumstances, developmentoriented policy measures, and mobilization of societal and financial resources.

Keywords: poverty alleviation in China; area-based strategy; targeted poverty alleviation strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E61 H70 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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