Organization Date Title Keywords
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 11.5.10 Staff Report of the People’s Republic of China—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: 2010 Article IV Consultation Discussions
Two potent forces continue to influence Hong Kong SAR's prospects: the unprecedented monetary policy easing in the United States and the solid domestic recovery, in part driven by spillovers from the Mainland. While the substantial expansion of the... 		Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Real Estate
World Bank 11.1.10 On the Road to Prosperity? The Economic Geography of China’s National Expressway Network
Mark Roberts, Uwe Deichmann, Bernard Fingleton, Tuo Shi
Over the past two decades, China has embarked on an ambitious program of expressway network expansion. By facilitating market integration, this program aims both to promote efficiency at the national level and to contribute to the catch-up of lagging... 		Infrastructure, Rural-Urban Divide
World Bank 11.1.10 Did Higher Inequality Impede Growth in Rural China?
Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, and John Giles
Since the start of economic reform in the early 1980s, China has experienced plenty of growth and inequality; per capita income has grown nearly 8 percent annually, while the Gini coefficient rose from 0.28 to 0.39. Using a rich longitudinal survey... 		Economic Policy, Economic Reform
Congressional Research Service 09.23.10 China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: Developments and Policy Implications
Michael F. Martin
China’s ruling executive body, the State Council, established the China Investment Corporation (CIC), a sovereign wealth fund, in September 2007 to invest $200 billion of China’s then $1.4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves. As with other sovereign... 		China Investment Corporation, Finance, Investment, Sovereign Wealth Fund, Economic Development
Congressional Research Service 09.21.10 China’s Steel Industry and Its Impact on the United States: Issues for Congress
Rachel Tang
China’s steel industry has grown significantly since the mid-1990s. China is now the world’s largest steelmaker and steel consumer. The majority of Chinese steel has been used to meet domestic demand in China. However, as its steel production continues... 		Imports and Exports, Steel Industry, U.S.-China Relations, Trade, Manufacturing
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 09.1.10 Price Dynamics in China
Nathan Porter
Chinese inflation, particularly non-food inflation, has been surprisingly modest in recent years. The author finds that supply factors, including those captured through upstream foreign commodity and producer prices, have been important drivers of non-... 		Inflation
Congressional Research Service 07.14.10 China and the United States - A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies
Richard J. Campbell
China has experienced tremendous economic growth over the last three decades, with an annual average increase in gross domestic product of 9.8 percent during that period. This has led to an increasing demand for energy, spurring China to add an average... 		Renewable Energy
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 07.1.10 People’s Republic of China: 2010 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
This is the staff report for the 2010 Article IV consultation, prepared by a staff team of the IMF, following discussions that ended on July 1, 2010, with the officials of the People's Republic of China on economic developments and policies. The recovery... 		Development, Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Economic Growth
Nesta 06.1.10 Game-Changing China: Lessons from China about Disruptive Low Carbon Innovation
David Tyfield, Jun Jin, Tyler Rooker
Big hydro, big solar photovoltaic, and big wind—these are the usual focus of accounts of low-carbon technologies in China. But a very different type of innovation—ranging from a farm cooperative in Yunnan, to woodchip and corn pellets in rural Beijing... 		Environment, Carbon, Pollution, Innovation
World Bank 05.5.10 Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project Restructuring of Jiangxi Integrated Agricultural Modernization Project
The development objective of the Jiangxi Integrated Agricultural Modernization Project (JIAMP) for China is to improve the livelihood of the farmers in the project areas through establishment of integrated, sustainable, and market-driven agricultural... 		Agriculture, Loans, Modernization