.... However, to date, there has been a lack of scholarly research specifically examining the effects of these fiscal poverty alleviation funds on both poverty reduction and economic growth. This study aims to address two key questions: What role do fiscal poverty alleviation funds play in reducing poverty...

... divide the poverty reduction process into two stages: agricultural production and poverty reduction. Public expenditure is the input for the second stage, and the population below the poverty line is the undesirable output. The authors compute the efficiencies (overall efficiency, efficiency of each...

...Jun Wang; Yong Hu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how trade liberalization influences rural poverty reduction in China. Design/methodology/approach The authors make use of China Family Panel Studies survey data, take annual income of farmers of RMB2,300 and RMB3,450...