China's regional economic disparities since 1978 : main trends and determinants / Tian Xiaowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tian, Xiaowen.

Contributor:

National University of Singapore. East Asian Institute.

Series:

East Asian Institute (EAI) contemporary China series ; no. 21.

East Asian Institute (EAI) Contemporary China series ; no. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Economic conditions--1976-.

China.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

v, 39 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific ; Singapore : Singapore University Press, [1999]

Summary:

Prepared by the East Asian Institute, NUS, which promotes research on East Asian developments particularly the political, economic and social development of contemporary China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), this series of research reports is intended for policy makers and readers who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in China.

This study suggests that China should accelerate economic growth of its backward interior regions by deepening market-oriented reforms on the one hand, and by strengthening fiscal transfers from richer to poorer regions on the other.

Contents:

The Kuznets Hypothesis

Main Trends in Regional Economic Disparities

Determinants of the Change in Regional Output Disparities

Determinants of the Change in Regional Livelihood Disparities

Reorienting Reform and Development Toward the Interior.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-37).

ISBN:

9810241682

OCLC:

43848036