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Title: Community-based Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China?s Poor Village Investment Program

Author(s): Albert Park and Sangui Wang

Publication Date: June 2010

Keyword(s): China, governance, investment and poverty

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: We conduct the first systematic evaluation of the world?s largest community-based development program--China?s flagship poverty alleviation program began in 2001 which finances public investments in designated poor villages based on participatory village planning. We use matching methods and a panel household and village data set with national coverage to compare changes from 2001 to 2004 in designated poor villages that began plan investments and in designated poor villages that had yet to begin plan investments. We find that the program significantly increased both government- and village-financed investments. While the program did not increase the income or consumption of poorer households, it did increase the income and consumption of richer households by 6.1 to 9.2 percent. We also find suggestive evidence that governance matters in the distribution of program benefits. Relative gains were greater for richer households in villages with more educated leaders, and higher quality village committees delivered greater benefits to both richer and poorer households.

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Park, A and Wang, S. 2010. 'Community-based Development and Poverty Alleviation: An Evaluation of China?s Poor Village Investment Program '. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7856