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This book discusses poverty reduction and inclusive development in China. The relevant research reports included here combine unique perspectives and thorough analysis, and include both comparative and empirical analyses. Although China is the first country to have achieved the UN's Millennium Development Goals, it still faces enormous problems and challenges in terms of narrowing the income gap, reducing poverty and attaining sustainable development. This book not only provides valuable theoretical material to help readers understand inclusive development and poverty reduction in today's China, but also offers relevant government authorities a solid theoretical and practical basis for informed decision-making.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Inequality in middle-income countries: analysis and recommendations for improvement.- Chapter 2. Inclusive growth and poverty reduction in China: progress and key policies.- Chapter 3. China's experience in promoting inclusive development of income distribution policies.- Chapter 4. China's inclusive development and fiscal policy options.- Chapter 5. Population and employment policies that support inclusive development.- Chapter 6. Policy research on rural scientific and technological innovation in support of inclusive development.- Chapter 7. Ecological and environmental policies that support inclusive development.
About the author
Changsheng Zuo was born in Shandong Province in April 1965. He is currently the director of International Poverty Reduction Center in China. He graduated from Beijing Agricultural University with a master and a doctor degree in agricultural economics. Later in 1997, he studied international trade in Australia and obtained a graduate diploma. He has worked in the Department of Economic Reform and Management, the Department of Policies and Regulations, the Department of International Cooperation, the Rural Economic Research Center and the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture. He has been engaged in agricultural and rural economic theory and Policy Research for a long time, and has made in-depth research on agricultural and rural economic development at home and abroad.
