Posts tagged…Poverty
Life in rural China
Thu, Apr 16 2009
This is the most fascinating and engaging writing I've seen on the web in a long time.
It's a translation of several blog posts by a Shanghai resident, Xiao Sanliang, who returned home to his village for the Spring Festival (January 26 this year).
"Lu Xun said: ‘Dig out your heart, and know its taste.’ This is what I see in my village. And it makes me sigh."
Extract from the China Labor…
Read more…An encouraging Growth Report
Fri, May 23 2008
I have had a chance only to skim the Introduction but I already like the Report from the Commission on Growth and Development. Its understanding of economic development testifies to the authors' deep experience. Examine a developing economy sinking into poverty and you will usually find difficult circumstances (geography, demography, history) but also, in every case, government that is mediocre…