China

Selected EarthTrends Data:

Variable	Value
Gini Index{1}	45
Population living on less than $1/day{2}	17%
Population living on less than $2/day{3}	47%
Poverty Gap $1/day{4}	4%
Poverty Gap $2/day{5}	18%
Access to improved sanitation	44%
Access to an improved water source	77%
Literacy rate, all adults	91%
Life expectancy, both sexes{6}	73 years

Definitions and Sources

{1} Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; or Taiwan, China. Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {2} Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; or Taiwan, China. Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {3} Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; or Taiwan, China. Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {4} Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; or Taiwan, China. Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {5} Data for China do not include data for Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; or Taiwan, China. Survey year: 2001. Based on expenditure. {6} For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.

Poverty resources:

• China - Country assistance strategy (Document)
• China - Forestry Development in Poor Areas Project (Project)
• Millennium Development Goals: China's Progress, 2003 (Document)
• World Bank China Program (Project)

Poverty datasets:

• China - Poverty Data
• China Human Development Index - 1997

Citations from the World Resources Report:

• China's Governing System and its Impact on Environmental Policy Implementation
• Clear Water, Blue Skies: China's Environment in the New Century
• Greening Without Conflict? Environmentalism, NGOs and Civil Society in China

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World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)

• http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/37

Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)

• http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=CN