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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348234103321

Titolo

Economic and social transformation in China : challenges and opportunities / / Angang Hu, [editor]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-17923-5

1-134-17924-3

1-280-64859-7

9786610648597

0-203-97009-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

HuAngang

Disciplina

330.951

338.951009045

Soggetti

Economics

Electronic books.

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

China Economic conditions 2000-

China Economic policy 1976-2000

China Economic policy 2000-

China Social conditions 1976-2000

China Social conditions 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; About the author; Acknowledgments; Introduction: How I conducted this China Study; 1. Why has China's economy grown so fast?; 2. Comprehensive national power (1980-2000): A comparative study of the US, Russia, Japan, India and China; 3. Why has China's TFP dropped in 1995-2001?; 4. From unevenness to coordination for China's regional development (1978-2004); 5. China's economic growth and poverty reduction (1978-2002); 6. China's macro-economy and health

7. Health insecurity: The biggest challenge to human security in



China8. Developing human resources to cope with an aging society; 9. China's urban unemployment and social security (1993-2000); 10. Genuine national savings and natural capital cost in China (1970-2001); 11. Corruption: an enormous black hole: Public exposure of the economic costs of corruption; 12. Second transition of the Communist Party of China: From economic development to institution building; 13. Making policy decision-making more scientific, democratic, systematic and specialized; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Center for China Studies is among China's most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these reports is collected in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the challenges and opportunities for Chinese development and the government's thinking on economic and social issues. Including comparative studies with developed and developing nations, analysis of past economic performance and future trends, and effects of demographic shifts such as population ageing