This is an oversimplified perspective, though it does have some underlying truth. The issue of poverty reduction is a complex one. I reccomend anyone truly inte

This is an oversimplified perspective, though it does have some underlying truth. The issue of poverty reduction is a complex one. I reccomend anyone truly interested to read this World Bank comparison report from a couple years ago(pdf): http://elibrary.worldbank.org/deliver/5080.pdf?itemId=/content/workingpaper/10.1596/1813-9450-5080&mimeType=pdf http://elibrary.worldbank.org/deliver/5080.pdf?itemId=/conte... It is excellent. And here is the thrilling conclusion: “China clearly scores well on the pro-poor growth side of the card, but neither Brazil nor India do; in Brazil’s case for lack of growth and in India’s case for lack of poverty-reducing growth. Brazil scores well on the social policies side, but China and India do not; in China’s case progress has been slow in implementing new social policies more relevant to the new market economy (despite historical advantages in this area, inherited from the past regime) and in India’s case the bigger problems are the extent of capture of the many existing policies by non-poor groups and the weak capabilities of the state for delivering better basic public services.”