Politics and Policy in China's Social Assistance Reform : : Providing for the Poor? / / Daniel R. Hammond.

An exploration of dibao – China’s minimum income guaranteeEvery day in the People’s Republic of China 70 million people receive help from the state through the minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao). What began as a reform in the city of Shanghai in the early 1990s is now a key component in the measur...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh East Asian Studies : EEAS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Chinese and Translations
  • Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Historical Background to Dibao and the Question of Poverty in China
  • 2 Urban Dibao: Emergence and Transition to National Policy, 1992–1999
  • 3 Urban Dibao: The Resolution of Unwanted and Unintended Outcomes, 1999–2003
  • 4 Rural Dibao: The Countryside and Fragmentation
  • 5 Institutionalisation? Achieving Policy in a Fragmented State
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Interview List
  • Bibliography
  • Index