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Are There Lessons for Africa from China's Success against Poverty?

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dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:07Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractAt the outset of China's reform period, the country had a far higher poverty rate than Africa as a whole. Within five years that was no longer true. This paper tries to explain how China escaped from a situation in which extreme poverty persisted due to failed and unpopular policies. While acknowledging that Africa faces constraints that China did not, two lessons for Africa stand out. The first is the initial importance of productivity growth in smallholder agriculture, which will require both market-based incentives and public support. The second is the role played by strong leadership and a capable public administration at all levels of government.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development
dc.identifier.issn0305750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4864
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectPublic Administration
dc.subjectPublic Sector Accounting and Audits H830
dc.subjectMeasurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
dc.subjectWelfare and Poverty: Government Programs
dc.subjectProvision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectFormal and Informal Sectors
dc.subjectShadow Economy
dc.subjectInstitutional Arrangements O170
dc.subjectSocialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectEducation and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
dc.titleAre There Lessons for Africa from China's Success against Poverty?en
dc.title.alternativeWorld Developmenten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1451
okr.journal.nbpages303-313
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryChina
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.06.001
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okr.volume37
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