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How Many Poor People in Shanghai Today? The Question of Poverty and Poverty Measure.
- Source :
- Issues & Studies; Dec97, Vol. 33 Issue 12, p32-49, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- This paper identifies a wide incidence of poverty in Shanghai using relative measures. It is estimated that 12 percent of the Shanghai population was poor in 1996, a figure which is far greater than that of official estimates. Two sets of objective social indicators are used to indicate the conditions for including a comparative component into the poverty measure. Despite the magnitude of poverty in Shanghai. the financial implications for its eradication amount to only 0.6 percent of the citi's gross domestic product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10132511
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Issues & Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27581561