Poverty–stricken populations must be identified precisely in the fight against poverty to implement the strategy of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020. The analysis based on the househol...Poverty–stricken populations must be identified precisely in the fight against poverty to implement the strategy of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020. The analysis based on the household survey in 2013 shows that the targeting accuracy is not high based on the standard of income and the accuracy is higher based on the standard of multidimensional poverty index. But the latter still has a low coverage rate. To gradually achieve integration of the rural poverty line and the rural subsistence allowance line, standards applied to identifying households entitled to subsistence allowances should be changed from the standard of income to multidimensional poverty indexes. A unified standard of subsistence allowances and a unified method for identifying related households should be developed. At the same time, coverage and funding of subsistence allowances should be extended and increased to better meet people's basic needs.展开更多
reached a pivotal moment as the international community enters the final year of the UN Millennium Development Goals （MDGs）. The MDGs, agreed on by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, set eight goals： poverty al...reached a pivotal moment as the international community enters the final year of the UN Millennium Development Goals （MDGs）. The MDGs, agreed on by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, set eight goals： poverty alleviation.展开更多
Defining poverty based on relative income,intended to identify individuals who are significantly worse off than the mainstream living standard—is widely adopted by more developed countries and regions,such as those i...Defining poverty based on relative income,intended to identify individuals who are significantly worse off than the mainstream living standard—is widely adopted by more developed countries and regions,such as those in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD).There are,however,different ways income is counted,sometimes only counting earnings(e.g.,from employment),sometimes counting government transfers(e.g.,social welfare distributions),sometimes counting that generated from savings and investments as well.While some simpler form of income may be used for calculating relative poverty for ease of measurement(or other practical considerations),the intention of the relative poverty definition should be based on full income from all sources(including assets).This paper studies a method for evaluating the inaccuracy caused by using a simpler(and easier to measure)income distribution and understanding where the inaccuracy comes from.We test our method by using a 2000-household dataset from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,to evaluate the relative poverty approach once adopted there.We also recommend practical alternatives:focusing on economically active households only or using disposable income instead of market income.We show how much such alternatives can improve accuracy and explain why.展开更多
A new threshold means more than 100 million impoverished people will be eligible for government assistance as China continues to battle poverty The Chinese Government has decided to set the nation’s poverty line at a...A new threshold means more than 100 million impoverished people will be eligible for government assistance as China continues to battle poverty The Chinese Government has decided to set the nation’s poverty line at an annual per-capita net展开更多
基金sponsored by "Construction of China’s Income Distribution Database",key project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China"Research on China’s Income Distribution and Labor Market",an interdisciplinary construction project launched by Beijing Normal University
文摘Poverty–stricken populations must be identified precisely in the fight against poverty to implement the strategy of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020. The analysis based on the household survey in 2013 shows that the targeting accuracy is not high based on the standard of income and the accuracy is higher based on the standard of multidimensional poverty index. But the latter still has a low coverage rate. To gradually achieve integration of the rural poverty line and the rural subsistence allowance line, standards applied to identifying households entitled to subsistence allowances should be changed from the standard of income to multidimensional poverty indexes. A unified standard of subsistence allowances and a unified method for identifying related households should be developed. At the same time, coverage and funding of subsistence allowances should be extended and increased to better meet people's basic needs.
文摘reached a pivotal moment as the international community enters the final year of the UN Millennium Development Goals （MDGs）. The MDGs, agreed on by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, set eight goals： poverty alleviation.
基金supported by the Oxfam Hong Kong(No.C2202-P2)additional matching grant support(No.ISG220208)by Saint Francis University.
文摘Defining poverty based on relative income,intended to identify individuals who are significantly worse off than the mainstream living standard—is widely adopted by more developed countries and regions,such as those in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD).There are,however,different ways income is counted,sometimes only counting earnings(e.g.,from employment),sometimes counting government transfers(e.g.,social welfare distributions),sometimes counting that generated from savings and investments as well.While some simpler form of income may be used for calculating relative poverty for ease of measurement(or other practical considerations),the intention of the relative poverty definition should be based on full income from all sources(including assets).This paper studies a method for evaluating the inaccuracy caused by using a simpler(and easier to measure)income distribution and understanding where the inaccuracy comes from.We test our method by using a 2000-household dataset from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,to evaluate the relative poverty approach once adopted there.We also recommend practical alternatives:focusing on economically active households only or using disposable income instead of market income.We show how much such alternatives can improve accuracy and explain why.
文摘A new threshold means more than 100 million impoverished people will be eligible for government assistance as China continues to battle poverty The Chinese Government has decided to set the nation’s poverty line at an annual per-capita net
