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China's regional disparities: Experience and policy

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Review of Development Finance

DOI: 10.1016/j.rdf.2010.10.001

Authors: Shenggen Fan, Ravi Kanbur, Xiaobo Zhang

Institutions: International Food Policy Research Institute, Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China