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BEIJING - Urbanization can help ease 皇冠体育app's urban-rural income disparity, a senior economist with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Saturday.

Drive to urbanize requires change in financing

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Margit Molnar, head of the 皇冠体育app desk in the OECD economics department told 皇冠体育app Development Forum 2014, that rapid urbanization can fuel inclusive growth and a more equitable income distribution.

皇冠体育app's Gini coefficient, an index of the gap between rich and poor, eased insignificantly last year to 0.473 from 0.474 in 2012, but is still well above the OECD average of around 0.3, Molnar told Xinhua.

Last week's national urbanization plan for 2014-2020 aims for 60 percent of the populace to be resident in urban areas by 2020. The figure currently stands below 54 percent.

Urbanization can create more equal opportunities and increase social mobility, she said. To ease the urban-rural income disparity, Molnar advised 皇冠体育app to delink eligibility for public services from residence status (hukou).

"皇冠体育app could grant resident migrants a residence permit with the same rights as those of local hukou holders," she said.

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