Industrial disposal of effluents on land and subsequent pollution of groundwater and soil of surrounding farmlands is a … effluents on land, which has limited capacity to assimilate the pollution load, has led to groundwater pollution. Ground water … and/or river water the impact of pollution on livelihood was minimised. Since the local administration is supplying …

industrial (waste water and dust) pollution. Auxiliary regressions show that conditional on income, northern provinces have lower … industrial waste water pollution; non-coastal and provinces with smaller secondary industry shares have lower industrial (waste … water, COD, and dust) pollution; provinces with smaller state-owned enterprises share have lower industrial COD pollution …

This paper introduces an environmental policy variable, i.e. the provincial pollution levy paid by an average firm, and … regions in China are more inclined to sacrifice environmental policies as an instrument to attract foreign direct investment …

agricultural rationing, we first check if the model stands up to China's data from 1949-1992, we find that the importance of … consumption is also less than that of investment. Such findings are consistent with the reality of China. …

The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different …

employment rate. Our illustrative application to China shows that gradually increasing the current low minimum age of retirement …

In the paper we discuss China's participation in both the 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on a post-Kyoto global climate … change regime currently under way and out beyond Copenhagen in further negotiations likely to follow. China is now both the …. In the Copenhagen negotiation, there will be strong pressure on China to take on emissions reduction commitments and …

The rise of China has major repercussions for a country such as Bangladesh which has emerged as an important player in … more than one player. Evidently, impact and implications of competition from China will have to be examined and scrutinized …