彭新万在《理论与改革》2008年第4期撰文,现阶段中国农村贫困总体上属于长期贫困。长期贫困是指有些人口长期处于贫困状态(至少持续5年以上)虽经扶助也难以脱贫。将中国农村贫困归于长期贫困,主要基于两方面的考虑:(1)脱贫者主要是依靠国家扶贫措施而脱贫,返贫者的脱 PENG Xin-wan In “Theory and Reform”, No. 4, 2008, at this stage, rural poverty in China is generally long-term poverty. Long-term poverty means that it is hard for some people to get out of poverty despite their long-term poverty (for at least 5 years). Attributing rural poverty in China to long-term poverty is mainly based on two considerations: (1) people getting rid of poverty rely mainly on national poverty alleviation measures to get out of poverty and return to the poor