Urban Migrants and Poverty Reduction in China

A unique study of economic migration within China from the influential Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) working in partnership with UNESCO. Urban Migrants and Poverty Reduction in China is the result of a large-scale research project conducted across China from 2002 to 2010. Packed full of original material, academic analysis, expert knowledge and practical policy suggestions, it paints a detailed picture of the consequences of China's startling economic transformation. The debate on migration mirrors the major social policy issues now facing China. These include the unequal development between the East and West of the country, a reliance on heavy industry, a labour intensive economy, market forces, the dualistic characteristic of Chinese society and the huge divide between rural and urban areas, social inequality and social exclusion. Further more, the debate on migration cannot be separated from the debate on globalization, community rebuilding, informal employments, human rights and discrimination. Written by a team of leading Chinese researchers, this new book examines each of these critical areas and social issues and offers findings that will prove invaluable to anybody seeking knowledge on both Chinese migration and China's wider social challenges. Migration is of huge impact in China. It has been at the core of the socio-economic transformation of modern China and has major policy implications. This book provides an extensively researched and thorough analysis of this vital subject.