{"id":13786,"date":"2022-12-13T18:21:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cogito\/home\/?p=13786"},"modified":"2022-12-15T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:50:35","slug":"reducing-rural-poverty-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cogito\/home\/reducing-rural-poverty-in-china\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Rural Poverty in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Low rural income, particularly in developing and emerging countries, is a persistent issue. To address this poverty effectively through public policies, however, we need to better understand its roots.<\/p>\n

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Source : New Statistical Yearbooks Published by China Statistics Press<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

A great deal of research has been conducted for this purpose and has yielded varied results and competing theories. While some point to an efficient spatial distribution of heterogeneous labour forces\u2009\u2013\u2009to the advantage of city dwellers\u2009\u2013\u2009as the source of these inequalities, others suggest that the absence of a formal social safety net in rural areas is the main explanatory factor as it creates an obstacle to the mobility of labour forces to urban areas. They therefore call for the implementation of formal insurance mechanisms. Indeed, without a social security net to help needy families and individuals when faced with adversity, the younger generations tend to stay put to ensure that the most vulnerable members of their families (older generations + children) are looked after. If formal safety nets are improved and become dependable, then the younger generations feel freer to travel to the cities to work and send money back to their families living in rural villages.
\nWith two of his colleagues(1)<\/sup><\/a>Fanghua Li, University of New South Wales ; Chenyang Ji, Renmin University of China<\/span><\/span>