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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456226703321

Titolo

Narratives of Chinese economic reforms [[electronic resource] ] : how does China cross the river? / / edited by Xiaobo Zhang, Shenggen Fan, Arjan de Haan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-283-14420-4

9786613144201

981-4293-31-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Series on economic development and growth, , 1793-3668 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhangXibao

FanShenggen

HaanArjan de

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Economic development - China

Electronic books.

China Economic conditions 1949-

China Economic policy

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; CONTENTS; Chapter 1. Introduction: Policy Reforms as a Process of Learning Xiaobo Zhang, Arjan de Haan and Shenggen Fan; Chapter 2. The Course of China's Rural Reform Du Runsheng; Chapter 3. Collective Learning Capacity and Choice of Reform Path - Theoretical Reflections on the Dual-Track System of Price Reform Process Luo Xiaopeng; Chapter 4. The Formation and Evolution of China's Migrant Labor Policy Cai Fang; Chapter 5. Narratives of Wenzhou's Industrial Privatization Zhu Kangdui

Chapter 6. The Process of Establishing and Extending Direct Elections in Rural China Wang ZhenyaoChapter 7. The Historical Opportunity of the Fiscal Reform Liu Zhongli; Chapter 8. Fiscal Reform: The Zhejiang Experience Weng Lihua; Chapter 9. China's Reforms: Are There Lessons for Other Countries? Arjan de Haan, Xiaobo Zhang and Shenggen Fan; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Rapid growth in the Chinese economy over the past three decades



poses puzzles and challenges to neo-classical economic theory, as policies implemented during the reform process were often unorthodox. Although the Chinese experience has been widely studied, myths and questions about these reforms remain. To fill in the knowledge gap, and to inform a process of learning from China's development successes, this book features a series of case studies on the policy process of different initiatives, including rural industrialization, dual-track price reform, migration policy, village elections and f