PIERI-12095 The Rural Household Income and Poverty Reduction effects of Priority Forestry Programs in China

Abstract

Since 1998, Chinese government has launched the Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP), the Sloping Land Conversion Program, Desertification Combating Program around Beijing and Tianjin (DCBT), the Shelterbelt Development Program in the Three-Norths (the northwestern, north-central, and northeastern regions of China) and the Yangtze River Basin (SBDP), the Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Program (WCNR), and the Industrial Timber Plantation Program (ITPP), many rural households have been involved to these PFPs, which have affected rural households’ income and poverty reduction. Some researchers have taken some researches on the issue, but there is still a great gap to be narrowed. We will use the econometrics methodology such as fixed-effect model, Tobit-model, difference-in-difference model or other models to analyze the effect of rural households’ income and poverty reduction of Priority Forestry Program. We will use the data that we have collected and will collect of 3375 households in 6 provinces. We will prepare several papers, working papers and policy briefs for a international journal and policy decision-makers.

Members

Project leader: Can Liu

Project researchers: Hao Liu | Wenqing Zhu | Mingzhen Zhu | Shengnian He | Qingjiao Rong

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Can Liu	Hao Liu,Wenqing Zhu,Qingjiao Rong	Did the Key Priority Forestry Programs affect income inequality in rural China?	Land use policy	Volume 38 (2014), pp. 264-275
Can Liu	Wang Zhen,Hao Liu,Wenqing Zhu	The impact of China's priority forest programs on rural households income mobility	Land Use Policy	Volume 31 (2013), pp. 237-248

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	The Impact of China's Priority Forest Programs on Rural Households Income Mobility	2012-11-29	1840.2KB	0	0
	Have the Key Priority Forestry Programs Really Impacted on China's Rural Household Income	2013-08-07	1643.56KB	0	0

Policy Briefs

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Assessing the impact of China's priority forest programs on rural households' income and income mobility	2012-12-19	1067.36KB	0	0

Final report

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2012-02-27	447.66KB	1	1

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	The Rural Household Income and Poverty Reduction effects of Priority Forestry Programs in China	2010-09-21	1614.5KB	1	1