Four reasons why there is no “poverty trap” in rural China

In 2020 China eliminated the overall regional poverty and finished the arduous task of solving the problem of absolute poverty. Even though there is an actual lingering problem of relative poverty, the objective risk of falling into a poverty trap in China’s underdeveloped regions does not reasonabl...

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Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2022
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Repositorio:
Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/26844
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.21789/25007807.1860
https://revistas.utadeo.edu.co/index.php/razoncritica/issue/view/149
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/26844
Palabra clave:
Poverty
The poverty trap
Anti-poverty
Ciencias sociales
Ciencias políticas
Economía de subsistencia
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Summary:In 2020 China eliminated the overall regional poverty and finished the arduous task of solving the problem of absolute poverty. Even though there is an actual lingering problem of relative poverty, the objective risk of falling into a poverty trap in China’s underdeveloped regions does not reasonably exist. This article analyzes four perspectives to underpin such statement: the institutional, the historical, the individual, and the spiritual power.