This paper provides a survey of the economic literature relevant to social instability in China and moulds it into an …-making. China's leadership has often publicly expressed its concern to avoid ‘social instability’. It is viewed as a threat both to … other evidence. After discussing the determinants of China's rapid growth, the paper goes on to examine the likely …

We provide a theory of how growth, corruption, and a low-powered public-sector pay scale coexist in a stable … equilibrium in the early stage of China's development. The regionally decentralized authoritarian regime of China features lower …-powered public-sector pay scale in China. We propose a principal-agent model, where the principal represents the Chinese people …

We provide a theory of how growth, corruption, and a low-powered public-sector pay scale coexist in a stable … equilibrium in the early stage of China's development. The regionally decentralized authoritarian regime of China features lower …-powered public-sector pay scale in China. We propose a principal-agent model, where the principal represents the Chinese people …

This paper seeks to critically examine recent debates on global governance, albeit from a human development perspective … community as a whole. It reviews some of the decentralized forms of governance which are evolving as developing countries assert … study in the inadequacies of current global governance. Finally, it uses the two imperatives mentioned to review the lessons …