Targeting social assistance: Dibao and institutional alienation in rural China

China’s Dibao (Minimal Living Security System) is the world’s biggest cash social assistance system serving 52 million people. However, Dibao is less effective at alleviating poverty in rural areas than should it be. The analytic concepts of targeting and institutional alienation (the mismatch bet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li, M, Walker, R
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2016