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1. People's Participation, Development Issues, Literacy. Courier No. 36.

Author

Asian - South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education.

Abstract

This issue of the Courier contains articles loosely connected to each other by the underlying theme of developing people's capacity to improve the quality of their lives. The following articles are included: "Development of Human Resources--A Basic Needs Approach," by Mohiuddin Ahmad; "Rural Poverty," by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; "Overseas Students--Educating for Development or Privilege?" by Chris Duke; "Kemas: Kemajuan Masyarakat--Development of Society," by the Community Development Division, Ministry of National and Rural Development, Malaysia; "Two Worlds within Each Society: Lokayan's Efforts to Overcome the New Rift," by Rajni Kothari; "The Nepal Literacy Program," by World Education; and "Scheme of Developing the Peasants' Education Undertakings 1983-85, Jilin Province, China," by the Jilin Department of Education. (KC)

Published
1986

2. Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002

Author

Appleton, Simon, Song, Lina, and Xia, Qingjie

Subjects
*POVERTY research, *URBAN poor, *INCOME, *ECONOMIC trends, *EQUALITY, *DOMESTIC economic assistance, *ECONOMIC development, *COMMUNIST parties
Abstract

Summary: This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China using the Chinese Household Income Project surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing lower poverty in 2002 than in 1988 irrespective of the poverty line chosen. Incomes of the poorest fell during 1988–95, contributing to a rise in inequality. However, inequality has been fairly constant thereafter. Models of the determination of income and poverty reveal widening differentials by education, sex, and Communist Party membership. Income from government anti-poverty programs has little impact on poverty, which has fallen almost entirely due to overall economic growth rather than redistribution. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2010
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