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China (People’s Republic of)
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Improving China’s health care system03-Feb-2010 Richard Herd, Yu-Wei Hu and Vincent Koen Overall, health outcomes in China have improved tremendously over the past three decades, especially thanks to the reduction in some traditional infectious diseases. Also available:Related documents: |
Providing greater old-age security in China03-Feb-2010 Richard Herd, Yu-Wei Hu and Vincent Koen With ongoing migration of the younger cohorts to urban areas, the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas. Also available:Related documents: |
China’s labour market in transition: job creation, migration and regulation03-Feb-2010 Richard Herd, Vincent Koen and Anders Reutersward Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Also available:Related documents: |
A pause in the growth of inequality in China?03-Feb-2010 Richard Herd In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been fairly steep since the 1980s. Also available:Related documents: |
China’s financial sector reforms03-Feb-2010 Richard Herd, Charles Pigott and Sam Hill Despite progress in opening up the financial sector to international investors and in allowing domestic investors to invest abroad, liberalisation has been slow and in most market segments the foreign share remains very small. Also available:Related documents: |
Economic Survey of China 201002-Feb-2010 The Chinese economy weathered the global crisis remarkably well. Some imbalances remain, but ongoing reforms can be expected to help alleviate them over time. Also available: |
Economic Survey of China 2010: Providing greater old-age security02-Feb-2010 China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the younger cohorts to urban areas the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will ... |
Economic Survey of China 2010: A labour market in transition02-Feb-2010 The Chinese labour market is resilient but segmented. The registration system and the attendant restrictions on access to social services impede labour mobility and ought to be gradually relaxed. |
Economic Survey of China 2010: A pause in the growth of inequality?02-Feb-2010 Policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality. New indicators suggest that overall inequality has ceased to increase recently, and may even have declined. |
Economic Survey of China 2010: Improving the health care system02-Feb-2010 Progressing towards universal, safe, affordable and effective health care will require wide ranging reforms of hospitals, insurance systems, better trained staff and changes in some relative prices |