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What stayers do? : capital endowments and on-farm transitions in Rural China
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi; Luo, Mingzhong - 2018
agriculture, little is known about the changes within the rural agricultural sector. Yet, the agricultural sector continues to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926385
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Achieving sustainable energy security : 2030 outlook for ASEAN, People Republic of China and India
Fan, Ying; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2015
The rapid growth of ASEAN economies, the People's Republic of China and India (called ACI henceforth) - major drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300352
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Water Availability as a Constraint on China's Future Growth
Medianu, Dana - 2012
Recent writings on China's water situation often portray China's water problems as severe and suggest that water availability could threaten the sustainability of China's future growth. However, China's high growth of the last 20 years or more has been obtained with relatively little increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105455
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Handbook of rural development
Green, Gary P. (ed.) - 2013
analysis presented makes clear that rural is more than agriculture, although in some regions it is still a driver. By looking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851697
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Making capitalism in rural China
Webber, Michael John - 2012
This stimulating and challenging book explores the duplicitous nature of development in China. On the positive side, it brings longer and healthier lives; fewer children dead before they are five years old; more comfort and security from famine and disaster; more education; more communication;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851955
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The Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires : Human Capital in China
Graff Zivin, Joshua - 2019
The practice of burning agricultural waste is ubiquitous around the world, yet the external human capital costs from those fires have been underexplored. Using data from the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) and agricultural fires detected by high-resolution satellites in China during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863692
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Business Cycle During Structural Change : Arthur Lewis' Theory from a Neoclassical Perspective
Storesletten, Kjetil - 2019
agriculture declines while labor productivity increases in agriculture more than in other sectors. We construct a unified theory … simultaneous decline and modernization of agriculture. As capital accumulates, agriculture becomes increasingly capital intensive … as modern agriculture crowds out traditional agriculture. Structural change accelerates in booms and slows down in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864144
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China in the global economy
Lloyd, Peter J. (contributor); Zhang, Xiaoguang (contributor) - 2000
pt. 1. The macroeconomy -- pt. 2. State-owned enterprises -- pt. 3. International trade -- pt. 4. Agriculture -- pt. 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850738
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Environmental protection in China : land-use management
Bennett, Jeff (contributor); Zhang, Lei (contributor);  … - 2008
1. Agriculture and the environment / Jeff Bennett -- 2. Land-use management in China / Xuehong Wang, Hongyun Han and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850976
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Bringing the Copenhagen global climate change negotiations to conclusion
Whalley, John (contributor); Walsh, Sean (contributor) - 2008
(China, India, Russia, Brazil) on the other. -- Climate change ; global negotiation …
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