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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...
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analysis presented makes clear that rural is more than agriculture, although in some regions it is still a driver. By looking …
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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;...
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pt. 1. The macroeconomy -- pt. 2. State-owned enterprises -- pt. 3. International trade -- pt. 4. Agriculture -- pt. 5 …
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1. Agriculture and the environment / Jeff Bennett -- 2. Land-use management in China / Xuehong Wang, Hongyun Han and …
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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...
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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 …
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India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines …
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channelling resources to the poor and extensively discusses the experience of five Asian countries--India, Indonesia, the People …1. Experiences with poverty targeting in Asia : an overview / John Weiss -- 2. Poverty targeting in India / Pradeep …
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, India and Thailand. The book succeeds in giving a balanced account of what happened after TRIPS and suggests that the impact … four developing country jurisdictions: Brazil, China, India and Thailand. More importantly, it analyses the macro and micro …
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