Economic recovery
What Economic recovery means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The rescue of China from the devastation of the Great Leap Forward, as the collapse of agricultural and industrial production was the primary reason for the reforms.
The stabilising of the economy and the increase in food supplies that followed the disasters of the Great Leap Forward.
Topics that use Economic recovery
- Option 32: Key topic 2: Economic policy, 1949–65 - 4 Economic reform (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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