China's west region development : [Zhongguo xi bu] : domestic strategies and global implications / edited by Ding Lu, William A.W. Neilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lu, Ding, 1957-

Neilson, William A. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China, Northwest--Economic policy--Congresses.

China, Northwest.

China, Southwest--Economic policy--Congresses.

China, Southwest.

China, Northwest--Economic conditions--Congresses.

China, Southwest--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Zhongguo xi bu

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the last two decades, China's western inland region has largely been left out of the nation's economic boom. While its 355-million population accounts for 28% and its land area for 71% of China's total, the region's share of the national GDP is under 20%. Since 1999, Beijing has implemented the West China Development Program to boost the region's growth. To study the major domestic issues and the global implications of this program, the University of Victoria's Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives organized and hosted a multidisciplinary international conference on March 6-8, 2003. This volu

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of Contributing Authors; 1 Introduction; Part I. Goals and Objectives; 2 Designing a Regional Development Strategy for China; 3 Eco-Environmental Protection and Poverty-Alleviation in West China Development; 4 Western China: Human Security and National Security; 5 Reconciliation between Ecosystem Preservation and Economic Development Initiative-The Case of Tarim Basin; Part II. Coordinating Institutions and Mechanism; 6 A New Pattern of Regional Co-operation in China: Four Economic Belts across East to West; 7 The Political Logic of Fiscal Transfers in China

8 The Politics of China's Western Development Initiative9 An Introductory Environmental Macroeconomic Framework for China: Implications for West China Development; 10 Enhancing the Western China Development Strategy (WCDS): Innovative Approaches; Part III. Effectiveness and Efficiency; 11 On the Urban-Rural Relationship in Western Region Development Program; 12 The Western Region's Growth Potential; 13 Measuring the Impact of the ""Five Mega-Projects""; 14 ""Grain for Green"" Policy and Its Impacts on Grain Supply in West China; 15 Education and Development: A Historical Experience of Sichuan

Part IV. Distribution of Benefits and Costs16 The New Challenges Facing the Development of west China; 17 Migration Scenarios and Western China Development: The Evidence from 2000 Population Census Data; 18 Gender Relations Tourism and Ecological Effects in Lijiang China; 19 China's West Development Strategy and Rural Empowerment: Is There a Link? A Case Study of the Tibetan Plateau Region; 20 The Significance of West China Development to Asian Economic Integration; PartV. Sources of Interregional Disparity

21 The Relative Contributions of Location and Preferential Policies in China's Regional Development22 Urbanization and West China Development; 23 China's Regional Disparities in 1978-2000; 24 Development of West China: Marketization versus Foreign Direct Investment; Index

Notes:

Parallel title in Chinese characters.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611934712

9781281934710

1281934712

9789812794826

9812794824

OCLC:

815752367