Part 1: Microeconomic Environment -- Chapter 1: The Roles and Responsibilities of Local Government -- Chapter 2: Finance, Taxation and Government Behavior -- Chapter 3: Government Investment, Financing and Debt -- Chapter 4: Government and Industrialization -- Part 2: Macroeconomic Consequences...

""Five-Year Plans" have been a cornerstone of Chinese social and economic development initiatives since 1953. During the thirteenth of these periods between 2016 and 2020, the global economy has experienced instability after the financial crisis, as well as political and economic...

Over the past two decades China's growth has been rapid, social indicators have improved, and poverty levels have inched downward. However,widening inequality, increasing resource and financial imbalances, and growing environmental concerns provide China with daunting challenges in improving the...

Key Features:Looks beyond China's rise by focusing on the state of governance in China which will critically affect the trajectory of China's growth in years to comeProvides readers with a comprehensive sweep of the challenges that leaders in China have to grapple with by grouping the chapters...

Despite recent interest in the interplay between institutions and growth, country studies in developing countries particularly relating to planning has not been given considerable attention. This forms the main motivation for this study, which evaluates the economic planning in Nigeria and...