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The Evolution of China's Anti-Poverty Strategies - Cases of 20 Chinese Changing Lives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023) Loot Price: R1,630
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The Evolution of China's Anti-Poverty Strategies - Cases of 20 Chinese Changing Lives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): William...

The Evolution of China's Anti-Poverty Strategies - Cases of 20 Chinese Changing Lives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

William N. brown

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This open access book presents the findings of the author's 3 decades of studying China's evolving anti-poverty strategies. It argues that much of the billions that nations spend yearly on economic aid is used inefficiently or to treat the symptoms but not the root causes of poverty. China, however, has evolved an effective sustainable alternative by providing the means for self-reliance to not only relieve economic poverty but also poverty of spirit. As a result, the success of China's historic war on poverty has been due not only to top-down visionary leadership but also to the bottom-up initiatives of an empowered populace unswervingly united in ending poverty. From 1993 to 2019, the author drove over 200,000 km around China and interviewed hundreds of people from all walks of life as he explored the evolution of China's anti-poverty strategies from simplistic aid and redistribution, which often engendered dependency and poverty of spirit. Over time, the philosophy shifted to empowerment by fostering self-reliance-or as Chinese put it, "blood production rather than blood transfusion." The primary method of empowerment was to provide modern infrastructure, "Roads first, then riches," so rural dwellers in remote Inner Mongolia or the Himalayan heights of Tibet had the same access to markets, jobs and internet for e-commerce as their urban counterparts. People who seized the opportunities and prospered first then used their newfound wealth and experience to help others. The stories in this book include a Tibetan entrepreneur whose family was impoverished in spite of 300 years of service to the Panchen Lama, or the farm girl with 4 years of education who now has several international schools, a biotechnology company and poverty alleviation projects across China, or the photographer who walked 40,000 km through deserts to chronicle the threat of desertification. Their tales underscore how diverse people across China helped make possible China's success in alleviating absolute poverty and why Chinese are now confident in achieving a "moderately prosperous society."

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Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin: Singapore
Release date: November 2022
First published: 2023
Authors: William N. brown
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 127
Edition: 1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13: 978-981-19-7280-5
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
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LSN: 981-19-7280-X
Barcode: 9789811972805

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