Contemporary Developments and Issues in China's Economic Transition [Hardcover]

As a prospective economic giant in the next century, developments in the Chinese economy are of significance to the global economy. This book consists of contributions concerned with analysing contemporary developments and issues facing the country after two decades of economic reform, and key policies which will exert a profound influence upon the country's prospective growth and development momentum into the next millennium. This well-researched book, although comprehensive in its coverage, is succinct and very readable, and will be of interest to scholars and students of developing and transitional economies, business practitioners and policy-makers.List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction Acknowledgements Map of Provinces PART I: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Economic Reforms and Recent Macroeconomic Performance; C.Harvie Growth, Inflation and the Asian Financial Crisis; T.Van Hoa Corporate Governance and State-Owned Enterprise Reform; C.Harvie & T.Naughton Business Alliances, Organizational Change and Township and Village Enterprises; C.Harvie Financial Sector Reform; G.O'Leary Trade and Investment; C.S.Suh & J.S.Seo PART II: KEY ISSUES Balanced Development: The Challenge for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy; T.Turpin & X.Liu Labour Migration since 1978; R.Iredale Regional Income Inequality; K.Chowdhury, C.Harvie & A.Levy Land Reform and the Competitiveness of China's Cities; D.McKay Index

...scholars and graduate students from other fields who seek a clear, concise, comprehensive, and comprehensible yet sophisticated analysis of any of the various issues treated here would do well to consult it. Journal of Asian Studies

KHORSHED CHOWDHURY Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of WollongongMARTIN HOVEY Lecturer in Finance, School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith UniversityROBYN IREDALE Associate Professor, Department of Geo-Sciences and Centre for Research Policy, University of Wollongongl£,