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Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
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The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic
advances. The minorities in China constitute less than ten per cent
of the entire population, yet they represent forty to fifty per
cent of the absolute poor. This compelling book investigates the
problem of poverty and inequality in among Chinese ethnic, focusing
in particular on two important questions: Have the minorities
shared the fruits of spectacular economic growth in China during
the past two decades? Is their backwardness due to ethnic and
cultural factors or to extremely low incomes?
The authors examine the different factors explaining poverty, the
relationship between poverty and ethnicity, poverty indicators that
permit a comparison between minorities and non-minorities (or the
Han majority), economic and demographic characteristics of
minorities and their educational, occupational and gender profiles.
They considers whether special measures in favor of minorities
introduced by the Chinese Government have contributedto an
improvement in their standard of living. International comparisons
are made with other developing countries such as India, which also
has substantial ethnic minorities and similar preferential
policies.
"Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities" gives new
research findings and new thinking on a highly topical issue in
Chinese development economics, which fills a gap in the existing
economic literature.
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