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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783626203321

Autore

Yusuf Shahid <1949->

Titolo

China's development priorities / / Shahid Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006]

copyright 2006

ISBN

1-280-44753-2

9786610447534

0-8213-6510-X

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 154 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development

Classificazione

83.39

Altri autori (Persone)

NabeshimaKaoru

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Economics

China Economic policy

China Economic conditions

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Acronyms and Abbreviations; PART 1 On the Eve of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan; Tables; Figures; PART 2 Policies for Rapid, Balanced, and Sustainable Growth; PART 3 Summing Up; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past two decades China's growth has been rapid, social indicators have improved, and poverty levels have inched downward. However,widening inequality, increasing resource and financial imbalances, and growing environmental concerns provide China with daunting challenges in improving the quality of growth. The rapid growth that will remain China's principal vehicle for raising standards of living and reducing poverty will derive from urbanization, increased market efficiency, and improvement in the technological capability of Chinese firms. But although growth will be critically import