Agricultural Reform in China - Getting Institutions Right

Klappentext Chinese agriculture has experienced some radical changes over the past twenty years. Following the successful introduction of the household production system in the early 1980s, difficulties were encountered in establishing a unified domestic agricultural market in the later 1980s and 1990s. Through a comprehensive analysis of the changes in the Chinese agricultural institutions between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s, this study attempts to provide some answers to the main questions presently facing the agricultural sector. It focuses on the key elements of the pre-reform agricultural institutions, reviews the ways these institutions were refashioned and assesses the resulting changes in agricultural development. The implications of different policy choices are carefully considered with the assistance of a computable general equilibrium model. The author argues that China should push forward with its market-oriented reform measures and introduce the rigours of international competition into the agricultural sector. Zusammenfassung This study analyses the different reform measures introduced in China in the last twenty years! and provides a full analysis of the existing agricultural system. It examines the policy options available for China! and argues that it should push forward its market-oriented reform measures. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Getting markets to work in the countryside; 2. Institutional distortions in pre-reform agriculture; 3. Getting farmers back to work; 4. Getting prices right; 5. Adjustments in rural markets bring structural change; 6. An agricultural economy without freedom of trade; 7. China's agricultural policy choices; 8. Chinese farmers can adapt; 9. Getting reform right in agriculture; Appendix: The China model; References; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yiping Huang, Yiping (Australian National University Huang, Huang Yiping
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521620550
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62055-0
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Trade and Development; Trade and Development
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche; China, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Agribusiness and primary industries