Organization Date Title Keywords
World Bank 12.1.07 Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project: Key Factors and Assesment
China's impressive economic performance since 1978 with a growth rate of GDP of 9.5 percent per year has been mainly in the industrial and commercial sectors and is concentrated in urban areas; as a result, urban water demand has increased by over 500... 		Natural Resources, Rural, Wanjiazhai, Water
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 12.1.07 High Growth and Low Consumption in East Asia: How to Improve Welfare While Avoiding Financial Failures
Andrew Feltenstein, Céline Rochon, and Maral Shamloo
This paper analyzes certain policies that are typical of a number of rapidly growing East Asian countries in which a fixed exchange rate, combined with a surplus labor market, has made domestic assets relatively inexpensive, generating high rates of FDI... 		Consumption, Economic Growth, Welfare
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 11.1.07 China's Changing Trade Elasticities
Jahangir Aziz and Xiangming Li
In recent years, much has been written about the China's rising current account surplus and the importance of its exchange rate policy. At the same time, the increasing integration of China into the global economy has raised questions about how the... 		Elasticity, Imports and Exports, Surplus, Trade
Cato Institute 10.15.07 Securing Land Rights for Chinese Farmers
Zhu Keliang and Roy Prosterman
Despite China's significant economic growth, most of the 700 million farmers that make up about 56% of the total population still lack secure and marketable land rights that would allow them to make long-term investment in land in order to improve... 		Land Rights, Property Law, Property Rights
Landesa 10.1.07 The Dispute Resolution Process in Relation to Logging Permits in China
Li Ping
This paper focuses on questions related to the granting of logging permits in China. The author finds the current system for the granting of logging permits in China to be lacking. In order to find a solution to this issue, the author reviews logging... 		Logging, Legal Reform
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 10.1.07 What Drives China’s Growing Role in Africa?
Jian-Ye Wang
What role does China play in Africa’s development? What drives China’s increasing economic involvement in the continent? This paper attempts to provide a quantified assessment of China’s multifaceted influence as market, donor, financer and investor, and... 		Development, Foreign Direct Investment
Landesa 10.1.07 The Impact of Regulatory Takings by the Chinese State on Rural Land Tenure and Property Rights
Li Ping
With the realization of China’s rapid ecological deterioration, partly caused by irresponsible logging, the Chinese government has in recent years taken a series of drastic measures to improve forest coverage. One important approach was to declare more... 		Land Rights, Forests, Environmental Protection, Environmental Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 09.1.07 The Shifting Structure of China's Trade and Production
Li Cui and Murtaza Syed
This paper uses disaggregated trade data to assess how the expansion of China's production capacity and its changing production structure may be affecting its trade linkages with other countries. It finds that China is moving away from traditional... 		Imports and Exports, Manufacturing, Trade
Global Environmental Institute 08.27.07 A Guide on Sustainable Overseas Silviculture by Chinese Enterprises
This report prescribes the fundamental principles to observe in sustainable forestry maintenance, or silviculture, and the basic requirements for the Chinese enterprises engaged in realizing sustainable silviculture. The Guide applies to regulating and...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 07.1.07 Guarding Against Fiscal Risks in Hong Kong SAR
Nathan Porter
The Hong Kong SAR's government faces the dual challenges of volatile revenue and medium term spending pressures arising from a rapidly aging population. Age-related spending pressures raise long-run sustainability concerns, while revenue volatility... 		Aging Population, Fiscal Policy, Hong Kong, Revenue