China's Great Economic Transformation [Paperback]

This landmark study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades.Three decades of astonishing and unexpected growth have rocketed China's economy from poverty to growing prosperity. This book explains why China's economy grew so rapidly in spite of many weaknesses and shows how China's boom began and how it was extended.Three decades of astonishing and unexpected growth have rocketed China's economy from poverty to growing prosperity. This book explains why China's economy grew so rapidly in spite of many weaknesses and shows how China's boom began and how it was extended.This landmark study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. The authors combine deep China expertise with broad disciplinary knowledge to explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth and deeply flawed institutions. Their work exposes the mechanisms underpinning the origin and expansion of Chinas great boom. Penetrating studies track the rise of Chinese capabilities in manufacturing and in research and development. The authors probe both achievements and weaknesses across many sectors, including China's fiscal, legal, and financial institutions. The book shows how an intricate minuet combining China's political system with sectoral development, globalization, resource transfers across geographic and economic space, and partial system reform delivered an astonishing and unprecedented growth spurt. The volume chronicles many shortcomings, but concludes that China's economic expansion is likely to continue during the coming decades.1. China's great economic transformation Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski; 2. China and development economics Alan Heston and Terry Sicular; 3. China in light of the performance of Central and East European economies Jan Svejnar; 4. A political economy of China's economic transition Barry Naughton; 5. The demographic factor in China's transition Wang Feng lCM