Continuity and Change in China's Rural Development: Collective and Reform Eras in Perspective

Putterman, Louis

ISBN 10: 0195078721 / ISBN 13: 9780195078725

Published by Oxford University Press, New York & London, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Continuity and Change in China's Rural Development: Collective and Reform Eras in Perspective
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York & London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195078721
• ISBN 13: 9780195078725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

With the ascendancy of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China began a program of agricultural reform intended to increase productivity. This detailed study examines what the author sees as the major changes which moved the sector from a centrally planned to a more market-oriented system--replacement of collective teams with household farming, an increase of free markets for rural products, an increased state price for agricultural products, and greater freedom to expand off-farm activities--changes in the economic structure which facilitated greater productivity. It is unique in its focus on a single township, providing new data on the effects of reform at the village level.

About the Author

Louis Putterman is Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Development at Brown University, and a Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.