Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the linkages between climate change, income dynamics and nutrition intake in rural China. Design/methodology/approach – Using a system of simultaneous equations in a three-stage least squares model instrumented with carbohydrates, fats,...

The authors investigate recent rends in poverty, and inequality in China, decomposing data on poverty reduction to see who has benefited most from China's economic growth. They find that, by several measures, poverty declined significantly in the 1990s, across a wide range of poverty lines,...

The rapid growth over the past three decades has been instrumental in lifting over 600 million people in China out of poverty. International evidence has made it clear that a global economy based on current pattern of consumption and production is simply not sustainable. Policymakers have been...