Poverty alleviation through e-commerce: Village involvement and demonstration policies in rural China

• Published in: Journal of Integrative Agriculture Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 998 - 1011
• Main Authors: PENG, Chao, MA, Biao, ZHANG, Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2021; Administration and Management Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 102208, P.R.China%School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P.R.China%Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100006, P.R.China; KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
• Subjects: agricultural development; China; e-commerce; economic development; Heckit method; humans; income; infrastructure; Internet; issues and policy; National Rural E-commerce Comprehensive Demonstration Project; poverty alleviation; rural poverty; surveys; villages; China; income; poverty alleviation; Heckit method; National Rural E-commerce Comprehensive Demonstration Project

The diffusion of e-commerce has played a significant role in recent rural economic development in China. E-commerce is also considered as an efficient channel to alleviate poverty in rural China. Voluminous studies have investigated the contribution of e-commerce to agricultural development, yet it...