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Work for Welfare and Community Governance: Double Effcets of Public Job Program for Poverty Alleviation in Rural China -An Action Research Project in Qinba Mountain Area

ZUO Ting, WANG lin-ying, KUANG Zong-ren   

  1. College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2017-11-09 Online:2018-05-15 Published:2018-05-22

Abstract: With the weakening of the effectiveness of conventional intervention programs and the frequent negative incentives in poverty alleviation, the system of poverty reduction governance needs to be improved and perfected urgently. Poverty alleviation through public job provision based on the idea of work for welfare has not only effectively responded to the problem of welfare reliance and negative incentives in poverty control, but also realized the income growth of impoverished individuals, the integration of communities and the improvement of their capabilities. While effectively boosting poverty and tackling poverty, the governance and practice of their right to participation, decision-making and development have made rural governance significantly improved by stimulating the subjectivity of poor people. Poverty alleviation by public job provision through maximizing the subjective initiative of the poor, improve the viability, gain a sense of identity and feeling of happiness other than remuneration for work, and attach importance to the well-being of rural governance, burst endogenous development momentum.

Key words: public job subsidy for poverty alleviation, work for welfare, poverty alleviation, community governance

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