[PDF] A Local Fiscal Bias Grain Self Sufficiency Policies And Rural Production Efficiency In China eBook

Author : Feng Lu
Publisher : Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National Univ
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Booklet examining the likely pattern of China's future food trade if the export of food products other than grains continues to expand. Discusses the implications for China's rural economy and the traditional policy of grain self-sufficiency.

Author : Ashok Gulati
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,1 MB
Release : 2007-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801887864

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China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies have grown dramatically over the past few decades, elevating them from two of the world’s poorest countries into projected economic superpowers. As a result, the numbers of Chinese and Indians living in poverty have rapidly fallen and per capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these staggering accomplishments and the lessons that can be applied both to other developing nations and to the problem of poverty that remains in these two countries. The contributors pay particular attention to agriculture and the rural economy, examining how initial conditions and investments and the prioritization and sequencing of different policies and strategies have led to successes, and how the agricultural and rural sectors connect to overall economic expansion. They also emphasize the importance of anti-poverty programs and safety nets in helping poor people escape poverty. The book offers a set of policy and strategic options for future growth and poverty reduction. These include setting the right priorities for public spending, identifying trade and market reforms, building social safety nets for the poorest of the poor, and building accountable institutions that can provide public goods and services effectively. The book concludes by examining future challenges to China and India’s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and environmentally friendly. The Dragon and the Elephant offers valuable insights to development specialists anxious to multiply the benefits experienced by two of the greatest economic successes in recent times.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464802068

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In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development leads to urban sprawl and ghost towns, pollution threatens people’s health, and farmland and water resources are becoming scarce. With China’s urban population projected to rise to about one billion – or close to 70 percent of the country’s population – by 2030, China’s leaders are seeking a more coordinated urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. The report takes as its point of departure the conviction that China's urbanization can become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. However, it stresses that achieving this vision will require strong support from both government and the markets for policy reforms in a number of area. The report proposes six main areas for reform: first, amending land management institutions to foster more efficient land use, denser cities, modernized agriculture, and more equitable wealth distribution; second, adjusting the hukou household registration system to increase labor mobility and provide urban migrant workers equal access to a common standard of public services; third, placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing while fostering financial discipline among local governments; fourth, improving urban planning to enhance connectivity and encourage scale and agglomeration economies; fifth, reducing environmental pressures through more efficient resource management; and sixth, improving governance at the local level.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195208221

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This collection of papers presented at an international conference in 1987 provides a comprehensive analysis of China's booming rural non-state industrial sector, both collective and private.

Author : Shenggen Fan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0896291286

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Growth, inequality, and poverty; Public capital e investment; Concptual framework and model; Data, estimation, and results.