ABSTRACT
China's Rural Economy after WTO discusses and analyses China's rural sector problems in detail, including the areas of poverty, income inequality, the gender gap, barriers of rural-urban migration, discrimination against rural workers, poor rural governance and the impact of WTO membership. It also tackles the important subjects of inadequate infrastructure and discriminatory credit services. Strategies to modernize China's rural economy are proposed and the relevant experiences and lessons of other countries are analyzed.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Introduction
part |1 pages
Gender Inequality in Rural Areas
chapter Chapter 2|18 pages
Gender Inequalities and Rural Development: Some Neglected and Hidden Dimensions*
part |1 pages
Poverty and Income Inequalities
chapter Chapter 7|19 pages
Accounting for Income Inequality in Rural China: A Regression-based Approach*
chapter Chapter 8|7 pages
Decomposition of China’s Rising Income Inequality: Is the Rural-Urban Income Gap Solely Responsible?
part |1 pages
Rural-Urban Migration
part |1 pages
The Role of Government in Rural Development