“The Source of Flowing Water”:How Targeted Poverty Alleviation Helps China’s Rural Poor Access Credit

Based on the China Household Finance Survey(CHFS)data of 2011-2017,this paper investigated the effects of China’s targeted poverty alleviation policy on rural credit access and amount using the“difference-in-differences”methodology.This study found that the targeted poverty alleviation policy increased the availability and amount of formal credit to poor households and reduced the proportion and amount of their borrowing through informal channels,and that the effects increased amid the policy’s implementation over time.This paper further found that the policy effects were more significant for China’s western regions,reflecting a positive role of targeted poverty alleviation in coordinating pro-poor finance across regions.Compared with poor counties,poor households from non-poor counties experienced a greater increase in their probability and amount of formal credit access,reflecting China’s approach of reducing regional poverty before targeting more precisely at individual poor households.This paper also uncovered that no significant“elite capture”effect had existed in the allocation of formal agricultural credit under targeted poverty alleviation,but extremely poor households experienced no significant change in their access to formal credit.While the targeted poverty alleviation policy has helped create a sound rural credit market,it should further improve access to formal finance for extremely poor households.

Accelerating the Reform of the Household Registration System to Ensure the Realization of Registered Population Urbanization Objectives and Tasks

Zhang Gaoli,Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council,attended a teleconference on promoting the national household registration system reform and made a speech on Jul 7,2017.Zhang said that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the reform of the household registration system。

清代新疆对灾荒的勘灾审户制度研究

本文通过对清文献资料的梳理,初步分析了清政府对新疆地区的救灾体制及其清代新疆勘灾审户程序的形成和演变。说明清代新疆对灾荒的勘灾审户制度在长期实施过程中逐渐完善规范。既相对严密而又具有一定灵活性,不仅体现了新疆这种偏远地区的地方特色,而且也具有新疆地方行政制度逐渐与内地划一的职能。这些救荒措施不仅在当时起到了积极的效果,而且在当今全国各地援疆建设中为国家减灾救灾事宜具有重要的借鉴价值。