China (People’s Republic of)

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Policy Responses in Emerging Economies to International Agricultural Commodity Price Surges

01-Oct-2010

Darryl Jones and Andrzej Kwieciński

Commodity prices surged in 2006-08 in Argentina, Brazil, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine and Vietnam. Government policy responses to these price surges were not always successful in minimising the impact on consumers and producers, this report finds.

Demand Growth in Developing Countries

01-Jul-2010

David Abler, Penn State University

A report on how growth in demand for agricultural products has evolved in developing and emerging economies, notably Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (the so-called BRIIC countries).

Long-term growth and policy challenges in the large emerging economies

19-Mar-2010

Paul Conway, Sean Dougherty and Artur Radziwill

This paper uses the OECD’s Going for Growth framework, as well as other available evidence linking policies to economic performance, to identify key structural policy challenges in the BIICS for the years ahead.

Improving China’s health care system

03-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.

Providing greater old-age security in China

03-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.

China’s labour market in transition: job creation, migration and regulation

03-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.

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.

China’s financial sector reforms

03-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.

Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction

18-Jan-2010

Dalila Cervantes-Godoy and Joe Dewbre

The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. This paper examines the role of the agricultural sector and looks at 25 developing countries who have posted extraordinary success in reducing extreme poverty.

Urban Trends and Policy in China

22-Apr-2009

This paper provides an introduction to urban trends and policies in China. It describes urban growth trends, where and in what kinds of cities growth is occurring, how China’s cities are governed, and how public policy has influenced the extent, pace, and spatial distribution of urbanisation.