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China's rural poverty line and the determinants of rural poverty

China Agricultural Economic Review, 2009
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to yield more plausible rural poverty lines for China and then assess the determinants of rural poverty using these newly revised rural poverty lines.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper it is argued that the Chinese official poverty line substantially misestimates the actual rural poverty situations. The poverty
Xiuqing Wang   +3 more
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The ecology of rural poverty

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017
Feedbacks between biological and economic systems can lead to persistent poverty traps for the world’s rural poor. A combination of economic, ecological and epidemiological modelling helps unravel how these feedbacks and traps occur.
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Biofuels and Rural Poverty

2013
Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.
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Neoliberal Reforms and Rural Poverty

Latin American Perspectives, 2001
The experience of Mexico with neoliberal reforms began shortly after its suspension of debt repayments in 1982. The Mexican economy suffered greatly from the effects of the adjustment policies and external shocks that occurred in the early and mid1980s, but by the early 1990s moderate growth had returned and Mexico was viewed as a model of economic ...
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Rural Poverty Today

2023
Many people living in rural areas face hardship but the UK's welfare system is poorly adapted to meet their needs, with the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and cutbacks exacerbating pressures. This book combines person-based and place-based approaches to tackling rural poverty.
Mark Shucksmith   +3 more
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