This title was first published in 2000: An examination of the potential for Chinese ecological agriculture providing a basis for sustainable development in the Chinese countryside. Richard Sanders involves primary research in seven villages and four countries in China that have adopted ecological a
Institutional Reform and Economic Development in the Chinese Countryside
β Scribed by Keith Griffin (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 345
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Institutional Change and Income Distribution....Pages 20-75
The Responsibility System and Institutional Change....Pages 76-131
Employment and Incomes in Rural China: The Impact of Recent Organisational Changes....Pages 132-175
Chinaβs New Population Policies....Pages 176-209
Commune- and Brigade-Run Enterprises in Rural China: An Overview....Pages 210-222
Commune- and Brigade-Run Industries in Rural China: Some Recent Observations....Pages 223-252
The New Development Strategy and Rural Reforms in Post-Mao China....Pages 253-302
Epilogue: Rural China in 1983....Pages 303-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-336
β¦ Subjects
Microeconomics
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