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The Brink of Poverty: Implementation of a Social Assistance Programme in Rural China
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Abstract The Rural Minimum Living Standard is an important component of social security in rural areas of China, as it provides social assistance to poor rural households. The country’s size and large development heterogeneities, however, make the policy’s implementation a challenging task. Using quantitativ... view more
The Rural Minimum Living Standard is an important component of social security in rural areas of China, as it provides social assistance to poor rural households. The country’s size and large development heterogeneities, however, make the policy’s implementation a challenging task. Using quantitative and qualitative data from rural households and administrators in five provinces, we identify the pitfalls of multi-level implementation along with the difficulty of measuring income in rural, underdeveloped areas as key sources of an implementation gap that has led to a considerable degree of misallocation of monetary transfers. Changes in the budgeting process and the distribution method might improve the anti-poverty effect of social assistance without having to carry out additional monitoring. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
China; rural area; rural development; social change; social security; standard of living; combating poverty; social support; income; social policy; funding; policy implementation; social assistance; Far East; newly industrializing countries
Classification
Social Security
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 75-108
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 45 (2016) 1
Issue topic
Policy Implementation in the New Socialist Countryside
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed