The Approach to Transforming the Traditional Agricultural Economy: China's Case

Zou Wei

No 69, Duisburg Working Papers on East Asian Economic Studies from University Duisburg-Essen, Asia-Pacific Economic Research Institute (FIP)

Abstract: Transforming traditional agricultural economy into modern economic growth path is the main theme of economic development. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, we find that the key of transformation is to raise the economic value of people, to improve human capital investment and to match the stocks of physical and human capital. China?s rural economy is on the edge of economic takeoff, and different zones may pursue different paths for transformation. The source of rural poverty is not the scarcity of income or consumption, but the deficiency of education, social security, medical care and opportunity, which we define as "capability poverty".

Keywords: economic transformation; transformation path; capability poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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