China's regional disparities: Experience and policy

This paper assesses the evolution of regional disparities in China, and brings information and trends up to date. Based on this assessment, it presents the broad outline of a strategy to harmonize growth and regional equity. We consider three elements of this strategy: infrastructure, social investm...

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Main Authors: Fan, Shenggen, Kanbur, Ravi, Zhang, Xiaobo
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153602
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description This paper assesses the evolution of regional disparities in China, and brings information and trends up to date. Based on this assessment, it presents the broad outline of a strategy to harmonize growth and regional equity. We consider three elements of this strategy: infrastructure, social investment and protection, and governance reform. Specific policies within this broad strategy are then discussed in light of international experience. We also propose that the Chinese government take an experimental approach to interventions, as it did in the early period of agricultural reforms, learning lessons from the outcomes before scaling up.
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spelling CGSpace1536022025-09-25T13:01:45Z China's regional disparities: Experience and policy Fan, Shenggen Kanbur, Ravi Zhang, Xiaobo equality development policies public investment This paper assesses the evolution of regional disparities in China, and brings information and trends up to date. Based on this assessment, it presents the broad outline of a strategy to harmonize growth and regional equity. We consider three elements of this strategy: infrastructure, social investment and protection, and governance reform. Specific policies within this broad strategy are then discussed in light of international experience. We also propose that the Chinese government take an experimental approach to interventions, as it did in the early period of agricultural reforms, learning lessons from the outcomes before scaling up. 2011-01 2024-10-01T13:56:49Z 2024-10-01T13:56:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153602 en Open Access Elsevier Fan, Shenggen; Kanbur, Ravi; Zhang, Xiaobo. 2011. China's regional disparities: Experience and policy. Review of Development Finance 1(1): 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdf.2010.10.001
spellingShingle equality
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Fan, Shenggen
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Zhang, Xiaobo
China's regional disparities: Experience and policy
title China's regional disparities: Experience and policy
title_full China's regional disparities: Experience and policy
title_fullStr China's regional disparities: Experience and policy
title_full_unstemmed China's regional disparities: Experience and policy
title_short China's regional disparities: Experience and policy
title_sort china s regional disparities experience and policy
topic equality
development policies
public investment
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