TY  - BOOK
AU  - Donaldson,John A.
TI  - Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China 
SN  - 9780801449680
AV  - HC428.Y8 D65 2016
U1  - 339.46095134 23
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Economic development
KW  - China
KW  - Guizhou Sheng
KW  - Yunnan Sheng
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Asian Studies
KW  - Political Science & Political History
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Chinese Terms --; Introduction --; 1. Guizhou and Yunnan in Comparison --; 2. Why Do Similar Areas Adopt Different Developmental Strategies? --; 3. Roads: Building Connections to Markets --; 4. Migration: Go East, Young Man (and Woman) --; 5. Tourism: Joyous Village Life --; 6. Coal Mining: Black Gold --; Conclusion: The Micro-Oriented State, Development, and Poverty --; Appendix: Methodology and Case Selection --; References --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - How can policymakers effectively reduce poverty? Most mainstream economists advocate promoting economic growth, on the grounds that it generally reduces poverty while bringing other economic benefits. However, this dominant hypothesis offers few alternatives for economies that are unable to grow, or in places where economic growth fails to reduce or actually exacerbates poverty. In Small Works, John A. Donaldson draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Chinese provinces-Yunnan and Guizhou-that are exceptions to the purported relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction.In Yunnan, an outward-oriented developmental state, one that focuses on large-scale, urban development, has largely failed to reduce poverty, even though it succeeded in stimulating economic growth. Provincial policy shaped roads, tourism, and mining in ways that often precluded participation by poor people. By contrast, Guizhou is a micro-oriented state, one that promotes small-scale, low-skill economic opportunities-and so reduces poverty despite slow economic growth. It is no coincidence that this Guizhou approach parallels the ideas encapsulated in the "scientific development view" of China's current president Hu Jintao. After all, Hu, when Guizhou's leader, helped establish the micro-oriented state in the province. Donaldson's conclusions have implications for our understanding of development and poverty reduction, economic change in China, and the thinking behind China's policy decisions
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801462771
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