05455oam 22007575 450 991081295920332120230207225103.01-281-19142-697866111914290-8213-6928-810.1596/978-0-8213-6927-2(CKB)1000000000484201(EBL)459578(OCoLC)290512636(SSID)ssj0000089058(PQKBManifestationID)11990579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089058(PQKBWorkID)10088915(PQKB)10357581(MiAaPQ)EBC459578(Au-PeEL)EBL459578(CaPaEBR)ebr10212650(CaONFJC)MIL119142(The World Bank)128236975(The World Bank)ocn128236975(US-djbf)14845632(EXLCZ)99100000000048420120070510d2008 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPublic finance in China : reform and growth for a harmonious society /edited by Jiwei Lou, Shuilin WangWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2008.xxviii, 369 pages illustrations ;23 cmDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6927-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword by James W.Adams; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Overview; Part I: Role of the State and Public Finances; Table 2.1 Government Revenue and Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP, 1978-2004; Table 2.2 Off-Budget Revenues and Expenditures as a Percentage of Total Budget Revenues and Expenditures, 1989-2003; Table 2.3 Central Government Share of Budgetary Revenue and Expenditure, 1978-2004; Table 2.4 Composition of Government Budgetary Expenditure,1978-2004Table 2.5 Government Expenditure on Education and Health as a Percentage of Total Expenditure, 2000-03Figure 2.1 Rural/Urban Income Inequality, 1978-2005; Table 3.1 Subnational Government Share of Total Government Revenue and Expenditure, in China and Groups of Other Countries; Table 3.2 Revenues and Expenditures, by Level of Governmentin China, 1993-2003; Figure 3.1 Within-Province Disparities in per Capita Expenditure across Counties, 2003; Figure 3.2 Per Capita Expenditures by Province, and Minimum National Standards under Current and Perfect Equalization, 2003Figure 3.3 Relation between Investment Climate and Social and Environmental Conditions in China, 2005Figure 4.1 Central Government Fiscal Revenues, Expenditures, and Balances, 1998-2005; Table 4.1 Value Added Tax Rates in Selected Countries; Table 4.2 Corporate Income Tax Rates, Yields, and Productivity in Selected Economies, 2002; Table 4.3 Main Differences between Enterprise Income Tax Lawson Domestic and Foreign-Invested Enterprises; Table 4.4 Personal Income Tax Rates, Yields, and Productivity in Selected Economies, 2002Table 4.5 Shares of Central and Local Government Spending, by Expenditure Category, 2004Table 4.6 Spending on Education and Health in Selected Economies, 2004; Part II: Fiscal Reform and Revenue Assignments; Table 5.1 Shares of Total Expenditure by Governments at Different Levels, by Expenditure Category, 2003; Table 5.2 Extrabudgetary Spending by Subnational Governments,1998-2002; Table 5.3 Extrabudgetary and Budgetary Expenditure for Consolidated Local Governments, 1985-2002; Table 5.4 Per Capita Expenditure Disparities across Provinces, 1990-2003Table 5.5 Public per Capita Expenditure for Selected Items, by Province, 2003Figure 6.1 Central, Local, and Total Government Revenues, 1980-2005; Table 6.1 Sources of Tax Revenues of Local Governments in Selected Federal Countries, 2001; Table 6.2 Sources of Tax Revenues of Local Governments in Selected Unitary Countries, 2001; Table 6.3 Taxing Powers of Subnational Governments in Selected OECD Countries, 1995; Figure 6.2 Provincial Revenue Losses from C-VAT Reform, Base-Case Scenario; Table 6.4 Effect of Revising VAT Revenue-Sharing RulesFigure 6.3 Provincial Revenue Losses from Extension of VAT to ServicesThis book brings together analysis and insights from high-level Chinese policy-makers and prominent international scholars in addressing the key challenges China is facing in maintaining rapid growth and achieving the Government's stated goal of creating a harmonious society. It analyzes such key policy issues as: public finance and the changing role of the state; fiscal reform and revenue and expenditure assignments; inter-governmental relations and fiscal transfers; and financing and delivery of basic public goods such as compulsory education, innovation, public health, and social protectionWorld Bank e-Library.Finance, PublicChinaChinaSocial policyFinance, Public336.51Lou Jiwei1950-1620216Wang Shuilin1595314DLCDLCBTCTABAKERYDXCPC#PBWXCDXDLCBOOK9910812959203321Public finance in China3952863UNINA