The results of the first decade of economic transition are very uneven and are distributed according to a sub-regional pattern. The group of 'leading reformers' consists of middle-income countries of democratic capitalism of the Central Europe and Baltic region (CEB). The second group of less...

1. Introduction / Ying Ma and Hans-Michael Trautwein -- 2. Physiocracy and the Chinese model / Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen -- 3. The reception of Adam Smith in East Asia / Qunyi Liu -- 4. Commodities, natural resources, and growth / Mauro Boianovsky -- 5. Yan Fu, individualism, and social order /...

This book is about mutual influences of thinking about economic development in China and in the West, from the 18th century until the present. Its chapters are contributed by development economists and historians of thought from China and other parts of the world. The book describes important...