Reexamining the Viewpoint of the World Bank： Does Agricultural Growth Play a More Important Role in Reducing Poverty in Rural China？
Reexamining the Viewpoint of the World Bank： Does Agricultural Growth Play a More Important Role in Reducing Poverty in Rural China？作者机构：Institute of Finance and Economics Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shanghai School of Economics Fudan University Shanghai China Center for Economic Studies Fudan University Shanghai
出 版 物：《China Economist》 (中国经济学人（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2012年第7卷第1期
页 面：78-89页
学科分类：120301[管理学-农业经济管理] 12[管理学] 02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 020202[经济学-区域经济学]
主 题：rural poverty industrialization Chinese experience
摘 要：The Worm Bank maintains that, compared to the growth of other industries, agricultural growth plays a more important role in reducing China＇s rural poverty. This stance, however, is contrary to the findings in this paper. This paper asserts that China＇s experience in reducing rural poverty should be attributed to： （1） its earlier, unbalanced economic development strategies, which gave priority to heavy industries and industrialization and led to the economic boom,＂ and （2） the expansion of non-agricultural sectors, which enabled poor rural households to engage in non-agricultural production. Thus, the key impetus to reducing poverty in rural China is industrialization. Due to its large population but limited farmlands, it may not be a good strategy for China to make agricultural development a priority because its relatively low value added and net profits are inept to promote economic development and reduce rural poverty.
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