Purpose The infrastructure investment is one important source of economic growth in China in the past three decades … affects rural development in China. In terms of cereal yield, a 1 percent increase in the road infrastructure (road length … transportation infrastructure on rural development in China. Despite of the importance of infrastructure and rural development, there …

Trade Organization (WTO) rules would be sufficient to compensate the cost to China's cotton farmers if the sliding scale … the simulations suggest that China's cotton farmers are bound to incur losses. In either case, cotton subsidies permitted … by the current or potential WTO rules are not sufficient to compensate for the cost to China's cotton producers if the …

Trade Organization (WTO) rules would be sufficient to compensate the cost to China's cotton farmers if the sliding scale … the simulations suggest that China's cotton farmers are bound to incur losses. In either case, cotton subsidies permitted … by the current or potential WTO rules are not sufficient to compensate for the cost to China's cotton producers if the …

security policy targets the urban poor. The result may help policymakers choose a desired subsidy scheme to ensure food … urban residents by different income level; evaluating the potential costs of shifting to income subsidy aiming to maintain … comparing with the cost of price subsidy to achieve the same policy goal. Findings – The paper finds that, food price surge will …

Purpose: The need for a universal rural pension system has been heightened by demographic changes in rural China …, China’s Government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Program (NRSPP) in 2009, a voluntary and highly subsidized … authors examine whether the NRSPP affects the labor supply of the elderly population in China. Design …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamic food demand in urban China, with use of a complete … DLES in the first stage and a LA/DAIDS in the second stage. Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China … urban household surveys, The authors estimated the demand elasticities for primary food products in urban China. Findings …

report a higher willingness to switch to low-toxicity pesticides when they're presented with a specific subsidy. Furthermore …

Purpose – This paper aims to draw lessons from China's development experiences, particularly in the areas of … agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China … well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for …

household survey in rural China, this paper aims to examine the importance of local spillovers in the diffusion of two major … durable goods consumption conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, the authors examine the likelihood of …

Purpose – The social safety net of health care insurance is rapidly expanding in rural China. New Rural Cooperative …