China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.

• 1. Preface 1.1 A review of China’s poverty and anti-poverty efforts  2.1 Socioeconomic development and poverty reduction  3.1 Evolution of poverty concepts and other countries’ experiences  2. New characteristics of poverty in China today  2.1 The absolute poverty line in China 2.2 Poor populations in rural areas of China 2.3 Size and geographical distribution of poor populations in urban areas  3. Analysis of the causes of poverty 3.1 Agricultural dependence and natural environmental constraints 3.2 Human capital constraints 3.3 Public services constraints 3.4 Causes of urban poverty 3.5 A brief summary of the causes of poverty  4. China’s poverty alleviation policies: goals and impacts 4.1 Main poverty alleviation policies and their characteristics 4.2 The effects of poverty alleviation policies in rural areas 4.3 The poverty alleviation effects of anti-poverty policies in urban areas 4.4 Conclusive evaluation of China’s anti-poverty policies  5. Governance and poverty alleviation 5.1 The organization of China’s poverty alleviation forces and their functions 5.2 The Chinese Government’s primary experiences in poverty alleviation 5.3 The main problems with the Chinese Government’s administrative practices for poverty alleviation  6. Suggestions for poverty alleviation policies

China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.

• 1. Preface 1.1 A review of China’s poverty and anti-poverty efforts  2.1 Socioeconomic development and poverty reduction  3.1 Evolution of poverty concepts and other countries’ experiences  2. New characteristics of poverty in China today  2.1 The absolute poverty line in China 2.2 Poor populations in rural areas of China 2.3 Size and geographical distribution of poor populations in urban areas  3. Analysis of the causes of poverty 3.1 Agricultural dependence and natural environmental constraints 3.2 Human capital constraints 3.3 Public services constraints 3.4 Causes of urban poverty 3.5 A brief summary of the causes of poverty  4. China’s poverty alleviation policies: goals and impacts 4.1 Main poverty alleviation policies and their characteristics 4.2 The effects of poverty alleviation policies in rural areas 4.3 The poverty alleviation effects of anti-poverty policies in urban areas 4.4 Conclusive evaluation of China’s anti-poverty policies  5. Governance and poverty alleviation 5.1 The organization of China’s poverty alleviation forces and their functions 5.2 The Chinese Government’s primary experiences in poverty alleviation 5.3 The main problems with the Chinese Government’s administrative practices for poverty alleviation  6. Suggestions for poverty alleviation policies