Purpose – Rural China has been undergoing the “religion fever” since the Reform and Opening-up. By comparing the … more and more peasants convert to religion especially Christianity in China. Design/methodology/approach – Data used in … religious beliefs is weakened by oblique socialization in contemporary rural China. Originality/value – This is the first paper …

commercialization in 1996. However, only a few studies have investigated farmers’ attitudes toward adopting GM grain crops in China. The … China and determines the factors that affect farmers’ prospective adoption decisions. Design/methodology/approach The data … implications for future agricultural policy in China.  …

migrants in urban cities can automatically promote household land rental behavior in rural China. Originality/value – The …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of off-farm labor employments on household land rental … behavior in rural China. Design/methodology/approach – IV-Probit and IV-Tobit model are used to identify the estimate of …

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 … addition, higher household incomes also did not improve repayment performance. However, factors such as a higher degree of …

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 …