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China 2030 : building a modern, harmonious, and creative society
2013
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Reducing inequality for shared growth in China : strategy and policy options for Guangdong province
2011
This overview summarizes the key findings of the eight chapters and one policy note. It is organized as follows. The first section provides a background of Guangdong, while the second describes the current situation of inequality in the province. Next is a discussion of the potential impacts of...
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China 2030 : Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society [pre-publication version]
Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R.C. - World Bank - 2012
China should complete its transition to a market economy--through enterprise, land, labor, and financial sector reforms … team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China???s State Council, which lays out the case for a new … development strategy for China to rebalance the role of government and market, private sector and society, to reach the goal of a …
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China : Social Analysis of Heating Reforms in Liaoning Province
World Bank - 2009
Urban heating demand in Liaoning has grown rapidly, due to rising incomes, housing sector growth, and privatization of housing. During the past decade, demand increased at an annual growth rate of 14 percent. Heating supply has been unable to keep pace with this surging demand. Small coal-fired...
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World Development Report 2003 : Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World--Transforming Institutions, Growth, and Quality of Life
World Bank - 2012
Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today already live on less than $2 a day-almost all in developing countries. Ensuring these people have access to productive work and a better quality of life is the core development...
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Whispers to Voices : Gender and Social Transformation in Bangladesh
World Bank - 2008
Bangladesh stands out as the shining new example in South Asia of a poor country achieving impressive gains in gender equality. Between 1971 and 2004, Bangladesh halved its fertility rates. In much of the country today, girls' secondary school attendance exceeds that of boys. The gender gap in...
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Social Change in Conflict-Affected Areas of Nepal
World Bank - 2012
This note reports on the findings of a recent study to assess social change in conflict areas of Nepal. It looks specifically at the impact on hierarchical relations based on gender, caste, and ethnicity. All parts of society have been affected by positive, and negative social changes. Most of...
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