Narratives of Chinese Economic Reforms: How Does China Cross the River? (Series on Economic Development and Growth) - Hardcover

Xiaobo Zhang; Shenggen Fan; Arjan De Haan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 981429330X ISBN 13: 9789814293303

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010

Synopsis

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 fiscal reform.

Uniquely, many of the authors of the case studies were deeply involved in these reforms, either through direct policymaking or through providing analytical and technical support that led to these policy changes. They provide a first-hand account of how the political processes occurred, how social and political entrepreneurs shaped the choices and sequences of various reforms, and how the rigidities and sometimes erroneous beliefs were overcome.

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Uniquely, many of the authors of the case studies were deeply involved in these reforms, either through direct policymaking or through providing analytical and technical support that led to these policy changes. They provide a first-hand account of how the political processes occurred, how social and political entrepreneurs shaped the choices and sequences of various reforms, and how the rigidities and sometimes erroneous beliefs were overcome.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981429330X
• ISBN 13: 9789814293303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Xiaobo Zhang, Shenggen Fan, Arjan De Haan