Opinion
Letzte Aktualisierung: February 2, 2022
Poverty reduction in China: what's next?
By Maria Ana Lugo, Martin Raiser and Ruslan Yemtsov
China has achieved an impressive economic catch-up since the 1980s. The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen by almost 800 million, and the poverty rate (measured against an international poverty line of $1.90 per day) has dropped below 0.5 percent of the population.
