新世纪的新贫困:知识贫困

New Poverty during the New Century: Knowledge Poverty

本文提出了知识贫困的概念 ,并从理论和实证分析的角度论述知识贫困、收入贫困和人类贫困的定义、度量和相互关系。文章认为 :改革开放以来 ,我国的知识贫困状况有了很大的改善 ,但仍有大量的人口处于知识贫困状态 ,而且知识贫困存在严重的地区差异、城乡差异和性别差异。在新世纪 ,知识贫困将成为中国面临的最严峻挑战之一。知识资源是贫困地区最稀缺的资源 ,也是其发展的最大制约因素。

The authors put forward in this paper a new concept of poverty—knowledge poverty—and, based on theoretical and empirical analyses, discuss its definition and measurement and the relationships between knowledge poverty, income poverty and human poverty. In the authors' view, ever since the initiation of the policy of reform and greater opening to the outside world, a great deal has been done to improve and enrich the state of the knowledge environment in China. However, knowledge poverty is still a serious problem in China. Furthermore, there is a great disparity in knowledge between regions, between urban and rural areas and between genders. Knowledge poverty will be one of the most serious challenges to the development of China. Knowledge resource is scantiest for the poorest regions and also constitutes the greatest restraint on their development. China must reduce knowledge poverty through new approaches and new mechanisms in the future.