| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 369 pages) |
| Series |
World Bank e-Library.
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| Contents |
Foreword / by James W. Adams -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview / Shuilin Wang -- Part I: Role of the state and public finances -- Public finances, the role of the state, and economic transformation, 1978- 2020 / Athar Hussain and Nicholas Stern -- Intergovernmental fiscal reforms, expenditure assignment, and governance / David Dollar and Bert Hofman -- Fiscal policy and reforms: toward realizing a harmonious society / Teresa Ter-Minassian and Annalisa Fedelino -- Part II: Fiscal reform and revenue assignments -- Expenditure assignments in China: challenges and policy options / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez [and others] -- Taxation reforms and the sequencing of intergovernmental reforms in China : preconditions for a Xiaokang society / Ehtisham Ahmad -- Part III: Intergovernmental relations and fiscal transfers -- Fine-tuning the intergovernmental transfer system to create a harmonious society and a level playing field for regional development / Anwar Shah and Chunli Shen -- The reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations in China: lessons learned / Jiwei Lou -- Creating a regulatory framework for managing subnational borrowing / Lili Liu -- Part IV: Education and innovation financing -- Financing lifelong learning / Carl Dahlman, Douglas Zhihua Zeng, and Shuilin Wang -- Strengthening China's technological capability / Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima -- Part V: The public health system: access, service delivery, and financing -- Financing public health / David B. Evans and Ke Xu -- Health reform in rural China: challenges and options / Adam Wagstaff and Magnus Lindelow -- Part VI: Social security -- Notional defined contribution accounts: a pension reform model worth considering / Jiange Li, Mark Dorfman, and Yan Wang -- Realizing the potential of China's social security pension system / Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey Liebman -- Part VII: Growth, inequality and fiscal reform -- Does the Di Bao program guarantee a minimum income in China's cities? / Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen, and Youjuan Wang -- Growth, inequality, and fiscal policy from a historical perspective: are there lessons for China? / François Bourguignon |
| Summary |
This book brings together analysis and insights from high-level Chinese policy-makers and prominent international scholars in addressing the key challenges China is facing in maintaining rapid growth and achieving the Government's stated goal of creating a harmonious society. It analyzes such key policy issues as: public finance and the changing role of the state; fiscal reform and revenue and expenditure assignments; inter-governmental relations and fiscal transfers; and financing and delivery of basic public goods such as compulsory education, innovation, public health, and social protection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Finance, Public -- China
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance.
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Finance, Public
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Social policy
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Finanças públicas -- China.
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Política social -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social policy
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lou, Jiwei, 1950-
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Wang, Shuilin.
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| ISBN |
0821369288 |
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9780821369289 |
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