The main goal of the paper is to address the impact of the WTO on China's agricultural sector. To accomplish this goal … we address two sets of issues. First, we seek to provide measures of the distortions in China's agricultural sector at a … the agricultural sector's major commodities using a new methodology to account for grain quality differences within China …

With the rise of the private sector in rural China, power has been shifting from the hands of local government … 2500 villages in rural China. Our findings provide strong support for the economic losers hypothesis - local governments … entrepreneurial policies that encourage an impartial regulatory environment for different types of enterprises in rural China may have …

In this paper, we attempt to assess the effectiveness of China's Poverty Alleviation Programs in contributing to … economic growth in poor areas. To meet this overall goal, we briefly describe China's poor area policy and examine how its … the poverty programs have been implemented in the parts of China that are truly poor. Finally, we attempt to assess if the …