China’s recent moves to establish special economic zones (SEZs) in several African countries can make a significant … both China and African countries will require an active partnership and a framework for collaboration that includes …

secular strength, driven by factors such as demand in big, fast-growing developing countries like China? …

Sharp increase in house prices combined with the extraordinary lending growth in Mainland China during 2009 has led to … concerns of an emerging real estate bubble. We find that, for China as a whole, the current levels of house prices do not seem …€™ mass-market and luxury segments. Unlike advanced economies before 2007-8, prices have tended to correct frequently in China …

This paper explores macroeconomic policies that can sustain structural change in China and India. A two--sector open … economic activity is calibrated to a 2000 SAM for China and a 1999/2000 SAM for India. Short-- run analysis concerns temporary …

participation in China. The focus has been on the extent to which community involvement in rule-making and decision-making processes …

Despite an erosion of consensus on its benefits, capital account convertibility remains a long-term goal of China. This … paper identifies three major preconditions for convertibility in China: a strong domestic banking system, relatively …, in significant respects, China does not yet meet any of the conditions necessary for convertibility. They then evaluate …

the removal of product-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import … European technology upgrading over 2000-2007 (and even higher when allowing for offshoring to China). Rising Chinese import …

subjective well-being. This paper focuses on the huge population of rural-to-urban migrants in China. Using a novel dataset, we …

Economic reforms in rural China have brought opportunities to diversify both within-farm activities and off … the factors that drive rural households and individuals in their income-source diversification choices in a Northern China …

China's Customs Statistics, we examine the impact of oil prices on trade's sensitivity to distance. We find that higher oil …