agency assistance in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China, focusing on enterprise management and training, and the … researchers and practitioners, and can be applied by rural communities throughout China. Originality/value – Although the new …, there have been few case studies of the establishment and progress of these enterprises in China's poorer regions.  …

affect China's GDP and the growth rate of the national economy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a … computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and uses data of China's 2007 Input-Output Table to analyze the impact of the return … of rural migrant labor on China's economy during the financial crisis. Findings – The results show that the return of …

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of rural-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China and its …-urban income gap on agricultural growth in China. Findings – The empirical results show that both indices of rural-urban income … imply that equalized rural-urban and regional policies are required to maintain sustainable agricultural growth in China.  …

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 …

the world, drinking water remains a large problem in China today, especially in rural areas. Despite increased government … impact of drinking water investment on drinking water in China. Design/methodology/approach The authors make use of … a significant problem in 2004 but that China’s investment into drinking water appears to have resulted in initial …

decisions of group borrowers by highlighting the case of rural credit cooperatives (RCCs) in Guizhou province in Southwest China … conditions in rural China. Mechanisms such as threatening to withhold defaulters' future loans from RCCs failed to work. In … an attempt to empirically explore the determinants of repayment performance in group lending programs in China. The …

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 …

in China’s Township Health Centers (THCs), paying particular attention to equity between high- and low-income areas …. Design/methodology/approach This study makes use of data from a nearly nationally representative survey in rural China … selected randomly from 25 counties located in five provinces from different regions of China. Data were collected through …

Purpose – World Trade Organization (WTO) accession marked a new beginning for China's economic, legal and institutional … reforms and rapid integration with the rest of the world. The purpose of this paper is to review China's post‐WTO transition … experience, synthesize and update studies on China's pattern of trade and structural transformation, and provide both positive …

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine observed differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns …/methodology/approach – Data from the three most recent population censuses of China are employed to explore differences in the labor force … participation rates of a number of China's important ethnic groups. Gender‐separated urban labor force participation rates are …