Reform and development in China : what can China offer the developing world? / edited by Hu-Mou Wu and Yang Yao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wu, Ho-Mou.

Yao, Yang.

Series:

Routledge studies in development economics ; 82.

Routledge studies in development economics ; 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--China--21st century.

Economic development.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

China.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1978 and 2006, GDP growth in China maintained an annual average rate of 9.7%, meaning the Chinese economy increased by more than twelve times. This was achieved with quite unorthodox approaches to reform and development as China has adopted a gradualist approach to adopting key institutions, as well as modifying and experimenting with traditional recipes for economic growth.?This collection brings together key researchers in the field from Asia, US, Europe and Australia to discuss how China has managed to push forward reforms in the face of political resistance, how th

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: History and international comparisons; 2 China's economic emergence: Possible lessons for large developing nations; 3 History, politics and 30 years of development and reform development and reform; 4 Chinese reforms in historical and comparative perspective; 5 Thirty years of Chinese reform and economic growth: Challenges and how it has changed world development; Part II: Sectoral development; 6 Economic growth and income inequality in China over 30 years of reforms

7 Policy reforms of labor mobility and urbanization in transition China8 Market integration across regions; 9 The evolution of Chinese entrepreneurial firms: Township-village enterprises revisited; 10 The relationship between law and economic growth in China; 11 Thirty years of catch-up in China: A comparison with Korea; 12 China's income inequality at the provincial level: Trends, drivers, and impacts; 13 The great transformation: The double movement in China; Part III: The political economy of the Chinese experience; 14 The disinterested government and economic growth in China

15 Is China's development success transferable?16 China's contribution to the field of economics: A laboratory for induced institutional change; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-93334-4

1-136-93335-2

1-282-88271-6

9786612882715

0-203-84630-3

9780203846308

OCLC:

670411112