Social Conditions

Changes in China’s economy as a whole, its policy environment and the state of its natural environment will inevitably affect the conditions within rural areas as well as their position relative to other regions. The component will study these effects and analyze new policy options:

• Impacts of shifts in growth, demographic changes, institutions and policy changes, technology on rural incomes and other measures of rural welfare, especially on those under, at or near the poverty line.
• Impacts of trade policy changes (e.g., WTO; Free Trade Agreements) on rural incomes and other measures of rural welfare (through the increased/decreased flow of agricultural commodities across borders and its effect on prices and wages), especially on those under, at or near the poverty line.
• Impacts of changes in the CAP, the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU (and other EU policy initiatives) on agricultural trade and the impact on rural welfare in China.
• Analysis of different scenarios regarding the policy choices - both domestic and trade policy alternatives - on rural welfare in China.

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Last updated: 16 Oct 2009