China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty

@article{Ravallion2004ChinasP,
  title={China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty},
  author={Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen},
  journal={Agricultural \& Natural Resource Economics},
  year={2004}
}
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