State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery. However, its effects on forest … conservation are ambiguous. Decentralization might not only improve local forest governance, but also change the incentives to …

; Industrial Policy ; Financial Institutions ; Government Decentralization ; China …China has shifted control over resources and decision making to local governments and enterprises as the result of the … background, this paper discusses a variety of tactics that China's central government has been using to incentivize local …

China is one of the largest consumers of energy globally. The country also emits some of the highest levels of CO2 … globally. In 2009, 18% of the world’s total energy was consumed in China and the growth rate of energy consumption in China is … energy efficiency. For instance, reduction targets for the level of energy intensity have been defined for provinces in China …