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60th Anniversary of the funding of the People's Republic of China
Migrant workers in Beijing. Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudenoon/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Economic and social reforms in China have not just created a growing middle class, but also changed the face of poverty: from regional rural poverty to individual rural and urban poverty with a basis in the social groups who have lost most in the developments; parts of the rural population including the migrant workers and workers in state owned companies. Kjeld A. Larsen, lecturer in geography, analyses the background to the changes in this week's In Focus blog.
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Altogether, the World Bank has supported China with $1.2 billion in financing for eight forestry projects covering 21 provinces since 1985. The long-term program has resulted in the establishment of over 3.8 million hectares of forest plantations -- an area roughly the size of Switzerland and about
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CHINAEXTN/...
Keywords: Agriculture, China, East Asia, Environment, Forestry, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41,
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China Development Brief is an independent publication established in 1996 to report on social development and civil society in China.
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/
Keywords: China, Civil society, Development. Poverty, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 11, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, Politics and society, Social conditions,
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website established jointly by the Chinese government and the World Bank
http://en.chinagate.cn/
Keywords: China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, General references, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41,
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Fattigdom i Kina : de økonomiske reformer udrydder fattigdom, men skaber samtidig nye grupper af fattige / Kjeld Allan Larsen. - Kbh., 2009. - 41 s.
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506056022.doc
Keywords: China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic conditions and policy, Economic issues, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, Poverty,
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he Human Development Report (HDR) was first launched in 1990. Each Report focuses on a highly topical theme in the current development debate, providing path-breaking analysis and policy recommendations. National human development reports at the country level have been published in more than 120 na
http://hdr.undp.org/
Keywords: Central Asia, China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic issues, Education, Environment, Hong Kong, Human rights, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 03, In Focus 2010 Week 29, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, Politics and society, Social conditions, South Korea, Statistics, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Women and gender studies,
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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individu
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
Keywords: Burma - Myanmar, Cambodia, Central Asia, China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, East Timor, Economic issues, Hong Kong, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 06, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,
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Linking globalization to poverty / Nachiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke. - Helsinki : UNU/WIDER, 200. - 78 p. - (Policy brief ; 2007/02)
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506031283.pdf
Keywords: China, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41,
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the older people’s associations (OPA) model developed during HelpAge International’s implementation of a three-year project on poverty alleviation in Western China. The project OPA model aims to create more dynamic and active OPAs. The model was borrowed in pa
http://www.helpage.org/Resources/Researchreports/main_content/gNDX/ChinaOPA_fina...
Keywords: Ageing, China, Development, Development. Poverty, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, Social conditions, Social development, Social groups,
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Poverty and sustainability issues of microfinance in China : a case study in Fu'an, Fujian province / LiLian Lau. - Lund : Lund University, 2008. - 42 p. (Working papers in contemporary Asian studies ; 25) Microfinance has a unique position in China. Currently striving for recognition as a tool for
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x50605528x.pdf
Keywords: China, Development, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic development, Fujian, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, Nordic Perspective, Poverty, Publications, Sustainable development, Sweden,
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Poverty reduction in Chinais high growth enough? / Guanghua Wan. - Helsinki : UNU/WIDER, 2008. - 8 p. (Policy brief / United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research ; 2008/04) The slowdown and in some years reversal of poverty reduction in China forcefully demonstrate
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/en_GB/unupb4-2008/_files/791...
Keywords: China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic issues, Finland, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, Nordic Perspective, Poverty, Publications,
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