 | Jutta Hebel - Indonesia - 2004 - 133 pages
...The number of poor people in China fell precipitously from 250 million in 1978 to 50 million in 1997. A reduction in poverty on this scale and within such...achievements in human development in the twentieth century. lnstitutional reforms and other policies, promotion of equal access to social services and... | |
 | International Labour Organization - Labor market - 1998 - 274 pages
...higher), there was a reduction of rural poverty from 31 per cent in 1990 to 11.5 per cent in 1998. A reduction in poverty on this scale and within such a short time is unprecedented in history. Contributing to this success were policy and institutional reforms, promotion of equal access to social... | |
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A reduction in poverty on this scale and within such a short time is unprecedented in history and is considered by many to be one of the greatest achievements in human development in the twentieth century. 