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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828895403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-93334-4

1-136-93335-2

1-282-88271-6

9786612882715

0-203-84630-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 82

Altri autori (Persone)

WuHo-Mou

YaoYang

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Economic development - China - 21st century

China Economic conditions 2000-

China Economic policy 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; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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