China's Growth and Poverty Reduction: Recent Trends between 1990 and 1999

This paper investigates the recent trends in poverty and inequality since the 1990s,and analyzes poverty reduction to see who has benefited most from China's economic growth.We find that first,by several measures poverty has declined significantly across a wide range of poverty lines during the 1990s.Second,economic growth contributed significantly to poverty reduction,while a rising inequality has increased poverty.Third,the poor benefited much less than the rich form the economic growth.Finally ,we examine the relationship between human capital,growth and poverty,and find there is a huge regional disparity in human capital stock,and the distribution of education is becoming increasingly skewed.