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      <title>CS Post-task: poverty eradication by P. Chan</title>
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      <pubDate>2022-04-29 00:31:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>(Stakeholder) will benefit because...<br><br>Evidence:&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-04-27 02:25:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>（4A 24 CANDY）1.Rural people will benefit because of the reform of Agricultural Management System.</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Evidence:In 1978, the rural poor population was 250 million. The main cause of poverty is that the agricultural management system does not meet the needs of productivity development. In 1978, the reform of the rural management system began, and a number of measures were adopted, such as gradually liberalizing the price of agricultural products and developing township enterprises, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of farmers for labor, liberated rural productivity, and increased the land output rate. This opens the way to address poverty in rural areas. From 1978 to 1985, the per capita grain output in rural areas increased by 14%; the per capita net income of farmers increased by 2.6 times; the poor population without food and clothing decreased from 250 million to 125 million, accounting for 14.8% of the rural population.<br><br><br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 03:23:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>（4A 24 Candy Yan ）2.Women/Feminine will be benefit because of Oxfam&#39;s policy.</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Evidence:In 2020, before government policy intervention, the number of poor women in Hong Kong was 880,000, and the poverty rate was 24.2%. Oxfam will strengthen grassroots child care services, plan new government buildings, including public housing estates, government buildings and cultural centers, etc., and build childcare centers. They urged the Labor and Welfare Bureau and the Human Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council to revise the Employment Ordinance, restart the review, and increase the labor protection for part-time workers, especially the "non-continuous employment contract" in the Employment Ordinance. And promote the implementation of the market policy, and open temporary markets after the epidemic eases, so as to help the grassroots whose livelihoods have been hit by the epidemic to increase their income and help grassroots women increase their income.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 03:44:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>（4A 24 Candy Yan ）3.Minority will benefit because of Poverty Alleviation Policy.</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Evidence:From 2006 to 2016, the population of ethnic minorities climbed from 150,625 to 263,5931, an increase of 1.75 times, and the poverty problem has deteriorated rapidly. Nearly 20,000 ethnic minorities were added to the poverty net, and the poverty rate rose from 3.6% to 19.4%. In this case, the government relaxes the eligibility criteria for WFA, subdivides the income standard for families with six or more persons according to the household size, so that more extra-large families can benefit from WFA; relaxes the income ceiling for full WFA for four or more persons and Add layers. Simplify WFA application procedures, unify and disclose required document standards, train WFA frontline staff to support ethnic minorities, strengthen the role of schools in poverty alleviation, regularize kindergarten social worker programs in schools, and improve to the "one school, one social worker" model . In schools with a certain proportion of non-Chinese speaking students, increase the number of social workers and increase the proportion of outreach teams for ethnic minorities, and allocate additional resources to the top five densely populated areas of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 03:56:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>(Peace Lo 14) Children will benefit because they can go to school. </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The government accelerated the promotion of compulsory education and prevented poor children from dropping out of compulsory education. In 2020, the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education in China reached reach 94.8%</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 10:25:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>(Peace Lo 14) Sick people will benefit because the government put in a lot of money to improve health services in poor areas. </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>China continues to improve the three-level medical and health service system in counties and villages, including the poor population in basic medical insurance, serious illness insurance and medical assistance, and more than 99.9% of the poor population participate in basic medical insurance.&nbsp;</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 10:26:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>(Peace Lo 14) Poor people will benefit because their houses will be fixed. </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In terms of housing, the state has implemented a rural dilapidated house renovation plan to assist poor households in repairing and renovating their houses, and relocated 25.68 million poor people living in dilapidated mud houses and other dilapidated houses to safe houses. The living environment has also been improved through greening and sewage treatment.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-09 10:27:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>4A(17) Joanna Ng</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. the students will benefit, because the government has renovated school for children, so that they can go to school and study. There will be more job opportunities for them in the future.<br><br>2. citizens, especially the poor, will benefit, Chinese government has improved healthcare provision in poor areas so that with basic medical treatments can be provided for them.<br><br>3.businessmen will benefit as there will be more and more consumption activities held in poor areas, these activities will attract tourists to attend in the activities and to consume.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 11:47:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>4A13 Emma Lin</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Poor people will benefit because the studies helped society at large gain a better understanding of poverty and the needs of the poor.<br>Evidence:<br>For instance, we have been urging the government to take the basic cost of living into account when calculating the poverty threshold. The government set the poverty line at 50 per cent of the median household income by household size in 2013, so in 2020 the household poverty lines for one-person and two-person households are HK$4,400 and HK$9,500 respectively. The official poverty line should be able to help measure poverty, however, because it does not take into account households’ basic living expenses, it is not a very helpful indicator. As such, we interviewed and calculated the basic cost of living for different demographic groups and household sizes based on the groceries they would need to buy to cook nutritionally balanced meals. Studies like this have helped society at large gain a better understanding of poverty and the needs of the poor.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 14:22:20 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>(Hilda Chan 02)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. Employee would benefit as more job opportunities are created due to the new infrastructure in poor areas. The government launched different projects in the poor area to boost the economy. For example, The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a landmark project of the implementation of the Western Development Strategy. It was officially opened to traffic on 1 July 2006.As of 2018,it had transported 182 million passengers and 552 million tonnes of goods. The GDP of the Tibet Autonomous Region increased from about RMB 24.9 billion in 20.5 to about RMB 169.8 billion in 2019.</div><div><br>2. Students would benefit because education is provided to them. China has renovated schools to strengthen the provision of compulsory education in poor areas, and ensured that all school-age rural children receive kindergarten and elementary education within their own villages.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;<br>3. The patients with low income would benefit because government improved health services in the poor areas.&nbsp;<br>The county-level hospitals in impoverished areas can treat 90% of the diseases that general county-level hospitals can. The impoverished can now have common ailments and chronic diseases treated at nearby medical institutions in a timely manner, and more major illnesses can be effectively treated at county-level hospitals.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 14:23:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>4A5 Fiona Choi </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. students will benefit because the&nbsp;poverty alleviation improved access to education (due to higher income levels and ability to pay for fees and supplies).<br><br>2. employee will benefit because the&nbsp;poverty alleviation improved employment opportunities.<br><br>3.citizens will benefit because the&nbsp;poverty alleviation improved access to food (that results in higher nutritional and health levels),</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 14:27:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>4A13</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>the society will benefit because an expansion of China’s social policies.<br>Evidence:<br>China’s poverty reduction success since 1980 is primarily a story of sustained economic growth. The first decade of reform saw rapid income gains in agriculture, as China removed some of the biggest distortions of the Mao era. In the second decade, industry took the leading role, both in urban and rural areas, as reforms widened and deepened. During the third decade, the dynamism of China’s export-oriented coastal areas spread further inland, as migration to the urban centers accelerated, infrastructure investments (such as with the “Western Development Strategy”) multiplied, and a growing proportion of China’s territory became economically integrated into global value chains. This decade also saw an expansion of China’s social policies, including place-based interventions in the most backward counties and the creation of a basic safety net for China’s rural population. During the final decade, these social policies were widened, culminating in the targeted poverty eradication campaign of the past five years. Only during this final period did transfers become a more important driver of poverty reduction than labor incomes.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 14:30:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>4A13</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The poor people will benefit because the poor can improve their access to land and other productive resources.<br>Evidence:<br>Economic and institutional reforms</div><div>An important step in reducing poverty in developing countries is the implementation of economic and institutional reforms to create conditions that attract investment, enhance competitiveness, ensure increased efficiency in the use of resources, stimulate economic growth, and create jobs. If well designed and implemented, these reforms can be instrumental in strengthening governance and reducing endemic corruption and poor accountability that have contributed to the poor economic performance of several developing countries. Some reforms that are needed include the strengthening of land tenure systems to encourage risk-taking and investment in productive income-generating activities; improving governance to ensure greater inclusivity, transparency and accountability; reducing the misuse of public resources and unproductive expenditures; ensuring a greater focus on the needs and priorities of the poor; maintaining macroeconomic stability and addressing structural constraints to accelerating growth e.g. by reducing the high costs of doing business and excessive regulatory burdens; and involving the poor, women, and the youth in decision-making. These reforms can benefit the poor by improving their access to land and other productive resources and by ensuring that their needs and priorities are adequately considered in policy making. Developing countries also need to reform their tax systems to make them more efficient and pro-poor.<br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 14:38:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ruby Chan 01</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. Students would benefit. Since 2013, China has renovated 108,000 schools to strengthen the provision of compulsory education in poor areas, and ensured that all school-age rural children receive kindergarten and elementary education within their own villages. All the 200,000 dropouts from compulsory education coming from poor families have returned to school. More than 8 million middle and high school graduates from poor families have received vocational training, 5.14 million poor students have received higher education, and key institutions of higher learning have admitted some 700,000 students from designated rural and poor areas.<br>&nbsp;The traditional trend in Chinese education was toward fewer students and higher scholastic standards, resulting in a steeply hierarchical educational system. Greater enrollment at all levels, particularly outside the cities, is gradually reversing that trend. Primary-school enrollment is now virtually universal, and nearly all of those students receive some secondary education; about one-third of lower-secondary graduates enroll in upper-secondary schools. The number of university students is increasing rapidly, though it still <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitutes">constitutes</a> only a small fraction of those receiving <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/elementary-education">primary education</a>. For the overwhelming majority of students, admission to a university since 1977 has been based on competitive nationwide examinations, and attendance at a university is usually paid for by the government. In return, a university student has had to accept the job provided by the state upon graduation. A growing number of university students are receiving training abroad, especially at the postgraduate level.<br><br>2. Patients would benefit. There has been a notable improvement in healthcare provision in poor areas. The shortfall in medical workers and institutions at village and township level were remedied. 98% of the designated poor counties now have at least one grade-two hospital. The county-level hospitals in impoverished areas can treat 90% of the diseases that general county-level hospitals can. The impoverished can now have common ailments and chronic diseases treated at nearby medical institutions in a timely manner, and more major illnesses can be effectively treated at county-level hospitals.<br><br>&nbsp; From the 1990s, China’s public health system did not develop at the same speed as its economy. Government subsidies were insufficient. Along with a <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31571602/">dearth</a> of health insurance coverage after the collapse of the RCMS and LLS, people relied on out-of-pocket payments to get care. The difficulty and cost of seeing doctors became a social concern. Reforming the health system and reducing the financial burden of healthcare became a top priority for the Chinese government.<br><br></div><div><br>From 2008 to 2017, government spending on healthcare <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31571602/">quadrupled</a> in China. Financial resources have been needed to advance every dimension of UHC, including increasing population coverage, improving service coverage, providing better financial protection and supporting the vulnerable. Though China’s healthcare services delivery system still needs to be upgraded to meet growth in demand, China has been able to use its <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/lifting-800-million-people-out-of-poverty-new-report-looks-at-lessons-from-china-s-experience#:~:text=">rapid development</a> to reallocate government revenue to <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31571602/">improve healthcare</a>.<br><br>3. Businessmen would benefit. The completion of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has broken the transportation bottleneck of Tibet. The once overloaded and single local transportation had also been relieved. As a result, transportation costs have been reduced by more than half and the volume of goods entering and leaving Tibet has greatly increased. At the same time, a large number if high-quality and low-cost commodities have entered Tibet by train, which brings more consumption activities. The upgrade of related industrial structures along the line is also obvious.<br>&nbsp; A new highway or public transport service increases a community's access to other areas. This increases businesses' labor pool, reduces their costs to obtain input materials and services, and expands their potential market. This may increase "economies of scale" in production processes, which means higher productivity through lower costs per unit of output.&nbsp;</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 15:47:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jenny Law 10</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. Children in rural area will be benefit because education is provided in poor areas.<br>Evidence:<br>Since 2013, China has renovated 108,000 schools to strengthen the provision of compulsory education in poor areas, and ensured that all school-age rural children receive kindergarten and elementary education within their own villages.<br><br>2. People with sickness in rural area will be benefit because healthcare provision has been improved.<br>Evidence:<br>There has been a notable improvement in healthcare provision in poor areas. The shortfall in medical workers and institutions at village and township level were remedied. 98% of the designated poor counties now have at least one grade-two hospital. The county-level hospitals in impoverished areas can treat 90% of the diseases that general county-level hospitals can. The impoverished can now have common ailments and chronic diseases treated at nearby medical institutions in a timely manner, and more major illnesses can be effectively treated at county-level hospitals.<br><br>3. People who are required to export from the rural areas will be benefit because the transportation system (ie. railway) has been improved.<br>Evidence:<br>The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a landmark project of the implementation of the Western Development Strategy. It was officially opened to traffic on 1 July 2006. As of 2018, it had transported 182 million passengers and 552 million tonnes of goods. The GDP of the Tibet Autonomous Region increased from about RMB 24.9 billion in 2005 to about RMB 169.8 billion in 2019.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 17:32:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>4A7Willy</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1.children in rural areas would benefit because the government can build more schools in rural areas or they can go to school more easily as the development of railways.they can then have education more easily.&nbsp;<br>2.poor people would benefit because they can receive funding from the government&nbsp;so they can maintain the quality of life<br>3.people in rural areas would benefit because the development of transportation allow them to go in the city to find jobs so they can have more job opportunities.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-05-10 23:30:44 UTC</pubDate>
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