Question

The an poverty strategies adopted in China and south east Asian countries can be an important lesson for poverty eradication in India. comment.

Answer 1

is blog is the first piece of a series produced to commemorate End Poverty Day (October 17), focusing on China – which has contributed more than any other country to global poverty reduction – and its efforts to end extreme poverty by 2020. photo: Wenyong Li/World BankChina’s success in poverty reduction has attracted worldwide attention. In 1982, China launched the “Sanxi Program” in the poorest regions in Gansu and Ningxia, marking the beginning of planned, organized and large-scale poverty alleviation efforts nationwide. In 1986, the government established the State Council Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development, identified poor counties, set a national poverty line, and created special funds for poverty alleviation. In 1994, China launched the Seven-Year Priority Poverty Alleviation Program that was designed to lift 80 million people out of absolute poverty within seven years from 1994 to 2000. In 2001 and 2011, two ten-year poverty alleviation programs were launched to continue the war against poverty. During those three decades, the number of poor people fell sharply, and living conditions and access to public servicesimproved markedly in the poorer regions.Between 1978 and 2010, the number of poor people in China fell from 250 million to 26.88 million measured with the 1986 official povertyline. Measured with the 2011 poverty line, the number of poor people fell from 165.67 millionin 1978 to 55.75 million in 2015. Between 1981and 2011, the global poor population fell from 1,938 million to 1,011 million measured at US$1.25 a day, with 927 million people lifted out of poverty. In the same period, the number of poor people in China fell from 838 million to84.17 million, with 753 million people lifted outof poverty.

Answer 2

read poverty as a challenge pg 35 - Global Poverty Ratio
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