The Rising Urban Poverty: a dilemma of market reforms in China

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Title:	The Rising Urban Poverty: a dilemma of market reforms in China
Source:	Journal of Contemporary China (2000), 9(23), 113-125
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Year:	2000
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Keywords:	China/Chinese, economic, social, and cultural rights, employment, equity, human rights, market economy, reform, social equality, social security, unemployment, tolerance, poverty, standard of living
Abstract:	Twenty years of market reforms have produced a thriving private sector motivated by revenue-generating opportunities and have made China as a whole wealthier. Aimed at balancing market efficiency with the Maoist concept of equity, the reforms have brought about a widening income gap and rising unemployment. These two predominant factors have had negative effects that are responsible for the emergence of a large group of urban poor whose demand for basic needs is under threat. Urban poverty, which may be ideally seen as transitional, has caused great concern as its duration may be persistently long for any political tolerance. This paper investigates the causes of urban poverty, unemployment and rising income disparity in China. It also explores the life conditions and characteristics of the urban poor, and some measures are suggested for the purpose of alleviating urban poverty.
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