Poverty-stricken population of "soft targets" can not be ignored

"Poverty" is not only an economic problem, the more important political issues and social problems. During his inspection tour of poverty, therefore, some experts often use monetary and non-monetary indicators to reflect the two categories.

On monetary indicators, the reform and opening up the past 25 years, China's rural population living in absolute poverty reduced from 2.5 billion people, 26.1 million people, the incidence of poverty from 30% to 2.8%.

Sociological Research Association of China, said Lu Xueyi, in spite of our monetary indicators astonishing success, but frankly, on a soft non-monetary indicators, such as basic education, child and maternal health level, drinking water and sanitation acquisition, environmental protection, China's poverty-stricken areas and poverty still a wide gap between groups.

White-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Jin-fu experts believe that as a result of policy adjustments have not kept pace with or in place, the economic gap between the "hardening" as a pattern, and the formation of a clear social disparities. Some areas, enterprises and groups in a weak position clear, the fruits of economic development can not be to the benefit of all aspects of society, even gap phenomenon. By measuring the gap between rich and poor, "Gini coefficient", the Gini coefficient in China is already more than 0.45, reaching the income distribution gap between the "tolerable upper limit."

It is estimated that the population will be urban and rural poverty, economic restructuring, unemployment and laid-off workers, the disabled, disaster clients, such as migrant workers in a weak position of the total Canadian population, and then deduct some overlap, China is now vulnerable people about 140000000-180000000 people.

From a global perspective, there are 2.8 billion people in developing countries (more than half of its population) live in poverty. According to the current development trends, by 2015 most developing countries can not be realized in education, health, environment and other areas, most of "the Millennium Development Goals."

Bai Jin-fu said that China's "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" proposed by the scientific development concept to guide overall economic and social development, it is necessary to correctly handle the relationship between fairness and efficiency. Initial distribution focus on efficiency, the redistribution of attention to equity; in the economic life of the efficiency of the first place, and in political life and social life, the fair the first place. Thereby creating not only conducive to the development of advanced productive forces, and conducive to the common prosperity of the distribution system.

Poverty in China

Especially the "15" the last two years, the central issue for the two One document, a historic reduction of agricultural taxes and fees, and grant subsidies to grain farmers, peasants and Vietnam have jumped out of the more serious by the "Huang Zongxi Law." Last year, rural areas throughout the country does not solve the food and clothing of the people living in absolute poverty decreased by 2.9 million, down 10 percent; low-income population, a decrease of 6,400,000, down 11.4 percent, both nearly 5 years to reduce the biggest year. First half of this year, the income of rural residents have a big increase, suggesting that China's poverty reduction to accelerate the process.

As a starting point for poverty alleviation and development in China, Gansu is China's great cause of a microcosm of helping the poor. From the beginning of reform and the "three-west" development, to the "Mother Water Cellar" operations, from the mountains in recent years to emigrate to the "entire village of the" poverty, to improve infrastructure to promote the building of grassroots organizations - in Gansu to help the poor step-by-step, achieved remarkable results. Dingxi to focus on labor force training and improve the quality of the poverty-stricken population and income levels. According to the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office survey in 2004 Dingxi a total of 485,000 transfer of labor, and labor income 970 million yuan, per capita income of 2,000 yuan. Former "Bitter" Dingxi has been hard to find the missing.

China Economic Research Association suburban package Yongjiang said that the practice has shown that poverty alleviation and development work is a kind of institutional arrangement or policy choices, can not be completely to the market. The poorest groups in the market competition at a disadvantage, can not naturally get the benefits of economic growth, they might be damaged, a number of African countries, "the more help getting poorer" phenomenon is a typical example.

October 17 for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

December 22, 1992 the 47th United Nations General Assembly to determine the annual October 17 as "International Day for the Eradication of Poverty," is to arouse the international community's attention to the problem of poverty, promotion and removal of poverty around the world to promote the work of the mobilization of all States to take specific action to help the poor. This is February 12, 2004, an Iraqi girl begging in the streets of Baghdad passersby. Post-war unemployment rate of more than 60 percent of Iraq, there are a large number of people living in poverty.

Economic growth does not mean "natural reduction of poverty"

Western economics from the originator of Adam Smith's writing "The Wealth of Nations" to start, "get rich economics" has been a significant study. But "rich world" does not eliminate poverty. The 21st century, the challenges of poverty has become even more severe.

United Nations anti-poverty agency's statistics show that in the past 50 years, the world's wealth increased by 7 times, while the problem of poverty is worsening. In the last 5 years, the world's poor population increased by 300 million a day, 7.5 billion people who suffer from hunger. This shows that economic growth does not necessarily bring plenty of people's lives, the problem of market failure on the absence of government or policy.

Policies and regulations of the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office Secretary Liu Hopewell said that the achievements of China's poverty alleviation has attracted worldwide attention. Despite China's poverty-stricken population in 2003 was picked up, but the overall Recalling "Tenth Five-Year" period, as we push forward to take the whole village, training transfer, the industrialization of poverty alleviation, establishment of guarantee funds, and reform the way a series of discounts to increase anti-poverty measures, make poverty alleviation a historic turning point.

The world to eradicate poverty on the origins

Xinhua Beijing October 16 (Xinhua Song Yuan) so that more poor people to share "the fruits of development" ━ ━ wrote in 2005, International Day for the Elimination of poverty Day

October 17, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 2015 will be the face of halving global poverty, "the Millennium Development Goals", the world is pondering the same question: How can I make more poor people share the joy?

Interpretation of the Plenum of the CPC Central Committee adopted on the development of "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" recommendations, you will find that a series about "the eradication of poverty," the key word: to alleviate the trend towards a widening income gap and continue to reduce poverty and promote regional coordination of urban and rural development, strengthening the building of a harmonious society ... ...

It can be predicted that as China's economic and social development has entered a "golden development period" and "a period of prominent contradictions" in the next period, the income gap between the government will solve the problem of too large in a prominent position, with a view to allow the "fruits of reform and development" to benefit all the people.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

To arouse the international community's attention to the problem of poverty and mobilize to help the poor countries to take concrete action, advocacy and promotion of the eradication of poverty around the world work in December 22, 1992, the 47th United Nations General Assembly in accordance with the United Nations Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the proposal to determine the annual October 17 as "International Day for the Elimination of Poverty" (International Day for the Eradication of Poverty), called on Member States to disseminate and promote the work of the eradication of poverty throughout the world to take concrete action to help the poor.

October 15, 2005, Bangladesh, near the northern city of rangpur many flood victims wait for relief supplies. Frequent natural disasters in Bangladesh, many people are struggling to survive the most basic. In March 1995, the United Nations World Summit for Social Development in 1996 identified as "International Eradication of Poverty"; in December the same year, the General Assembly will be from 1997 to 2006 as the first "International Decade for the eradication of poverty."

The problem of poverty facing the world today, one of the most serious challenges. The United Nations released the data show that the poverty around the world in recent years has achieved positive progress, but countries in reducing poverty, improve health conditions are still a long way to go. At present, there are still 10 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty line, 852 million people go hungry every year about more than 500 million children from hunger and malnutrition and mortality. The world's 6 billion people live in hazardous to health and life of the environment, 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation.

In addition, all regions of the world development trend of serious imbalance. Among them, poverty in Asia has made great progress, while facing the African continent of poverty, hunger, disease and other issues remains grim. The world's 49 least developed countries are 34 countries in Africa. Since 1990, the global number of people living in extreme poverty decreased by 1.3 billion, but in sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty from 313 million to 227 million.

Poverty is the "silent crisis", not only has seriously hindered the socio-economic development of poor countries, but also the current regional conflicts, the spread of terrorism and environmental degradation of one of the major causes. Over the years, the international community to make positive efforts to eradicate poverty. The eradication of poverty has been the United Nations and other international organizations to discuss important topics in recent years. In 1990, the "International Decade for the Fourth United Nations Development Strategy", "18th UN General Assembly special session of the Universal Declaration" and the same year in Paris at the second meeting of the Least Developed Countries adopted the "90's assistance to the least developed National Program of Action "and other documents of developing countries have sustained economic development and poverty eradication as the primary strategy of international development goals and international cooperation in priority areas. 1995 United Nations World Summit for Social Development focused on the eradication of poverty, social harmony and promoting development issues, and adopted the "Declaration" and "Program of Action", at the same time in 1996 to determine the international poverty eradication years, from 1997 to 2006 for International Decade for the eradication of poverty. In September 2000, the United Nations Millennium Summit unanimously adopted the "Millennium Development Goals", a commitment to world by the year 2015 people living in extreme poverty and hunger by half the population. 2005 is to promote the achievement of the Millennium Goals of the crucial year. The United Nations hopes to commemorate this year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, called upon the international community to work together and take effective measures to turn promises into reality, on schedule to achieve the Millennium Goals.

The United Nations International Day for the Elimination of poverty in 2007 on the theme "poverty-stricken population of change" and is intended to emphasize the poverty-stricken population in the eradication of poverty in their own irreplaceable role.