The pattern of urban-rural disparities in multidimensional poverty in People’s Republic of China: 2000-2011

Jing Yang; Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1537-4_10

The pattern of urban-rural disparities in multidimensional poverty in People’s Republic of China: 2000-2011

Jing Yang, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

Department of Economics

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According to the World Bank’s estimate of poverty using the international poverty line of $1.25 a day (in 2005 PPP), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has shown a remarkable achievement in reducing income/consumption poverty over the past two decades or so. In 2014, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) released a report which attempted to adjust this poverty line using the poverty lines of selected Asian countries. The ADB report proposed an absolute cut-off of $1.51 for Asia. Furthermore, the report suggested that the poverty line be adjusted for vulnerability of income and insecurity with respect to food. With all these adjustments, the report’s poverty estimate for PRC is almost three times more than the World Banks’ estimate. However, ADB (2014) did not make any comparison of the difference between the rural and urban scenarios of poverty. This chapter aims to utilize the poverty lines used in the ADB 2014 report in estimating the rural–urban disparities in poverty. We also compare the results with the $1.25 poverty line to specify the differences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia
Subtitle of host publication	dynamics and interrelationships
Editors	Kankesu Jayanthakumar, Reetu Verma, Guanghua Wan, Edgar Wilson
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Chapter	10
Pages	267-307
Number of pages	41
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811315374
ISBN (Print)	9789811315367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1537-4_10
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Multidimensional poverty
PRC
Rural
Urban
China Health and Nutrition Survey

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Yang, J., & Mukhopadhaya, P. (2020). The pattern of urban-rural disparities in multidimensional poverty in People’s Republic of China: 2000-2011. In K. Jayanthakumar, R. Verma, G. Wan, & E. Wilson (Eds.), Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia: dynamics and interrelationships (pp. 267-307). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1537-4_10

Yang, Jing ; Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik. / The pattern of urban-rural disparities in multidimensional poverty in People’s Republic of China : 2000-2011. Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia: dynamics and interrelationships. editor / Kankesu Jayanthakumar ; Reetu Verma ; Guanghua Wan ; Edgar Wilson. Singapore : Springer, Springer Nature, 2020. pp. 267-307

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Yang, J & Mukhopadhaya, P 2020, The pattern of urban-rural disparities in multidimensional poverty in People’s Republic of China: 2000-2011. in K Jayanthakumar, R Verma, G Wan & E Wilson (eds), Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia: dynamics and interrelationships. Springer, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 267-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1537-4_10

The pattern of urban-rural disparities in multidimensional poverty in People’s Republic of China: 2000-2011. / Yang, Jing; Mukhopadhaya, Pundarik.
Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia: dynamics and interrelationships. ed. / Kankesu Jayanthakumar; Reetu Verma; Guanghua Wan; Edgar Wilson. Singapore: Springer, Springer Nature, 2020. p. 267-307.

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