China's Development Challenges

Schiere, Richard

doi:10.4324/9780203861240

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“…When China embarked on economic reform from a centrally planned economy to a market‐oriented economy in the late 1970s, like other transitional economies, the government experienced a drastic reduction in its revenue, which in turn reduced its capacity to fund health care (Yip and Hsiao, ). The government converted its central subsidy for local governments into a block grant, imposing a hard budget constraint that effectively transferred responsibility for health services to local government (firstly decentralised to the provincial level, and in turn to county‐level governments) (Ho and Gostin, ; Schiere, ). Health care finance has depended largely on the economic performance of local governments ever since (Young, ).…”

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The Cyclical Behaviour of Public and Private Health Expenditure in China

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This paper studies short-run cyclical behaviour of public (government and social) and private health expenditure and GDP using both time series and panel data techniques. First, national time series data have been used within a multivariate Beveridge-Nelson decomposition framework to construct the permanent and cyclical components. The correlation analysis results for the cyclical components suggest that current public health expenditure is pro-cyclical while there is no clear evidence of a correlation between cycles in private health expenditure and in GDP growth. Next, using an instrumental variable method and the generalised method of moments estimator, provincial-level panel data analyses confirm pro-cyclical impacts of government spending on health. The provincial analysis also suggests that private health expenditure in urban China has a pro-cyclical association with GDP growth, but a lack of good instruments makes it difficult to identify a clear causal link between cycles in income growth and private health expenditure. The results suggest two policy recommendations relevant to public health expenditure, in line with China's current health reforms.

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“…201 In 2010, China approved zero-tariff treatment for 95% of products from African LDCs. 202 Market access can help Africa to diversify its exports and industrialize. In fact, greater openness to China enabled SSA to raise its merchandise trade-to-GDP ratio from 41% in 1990 to 58% in 2005.…”

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“…For African LDCs, China extended preferential access from a limited number of commodities in 2003, to 440 items in 2006. 200 Since 2005 China provided zero import tariffs on 180 product lines from 28 African LDCs. 201 In 2010, China approved zero-tariff treatment for 95% of products from African LDCs.…”

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Chinese Investment in Africa

Klaver¹,

Trebilcock²

2011

The Law and Development Review

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Chinese investment in Africa has increased rapidly over the past two decades. This paper asks how, why, whether it is good or bad, and what Africans can do about it.On how, the Chinese government actively promotes liberal investment regulations in Africa. It also keeps close contact with major Chinese enterprises investing on the continent.On why, the motivation behind Chinese investment in Africa is self-interested: China primarily wants Africa's natural resources. China also seeks to access local markets, and to capitalize on Africa's preferential trade access to the West.On whether Chinese investment is good or bad for Africa, African economies are growing at unprecedented rates, partly due to Chinese investment. This paper highlights seven reasons Chinese investment contributes to African growth. But it also reveals three drawbacks to Chinese investment in Africa.On what Africans can do about Chinese investment, Africa can capitalize on it by proactively promulgating a tax code that promotes African development. The tax code's goal should be to use Chinese investment and natural resource revenues to develop Africa's manufacturing sector through infrastructure, special economic zones, and education.Thus, this paper maintains that although Chinese investment in Africa is not unambiguously advantageous, it presents major opportunities for African development.

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China’s Urbanization Progress and Urban Change: Sustainability Cannot Be Divorced from China’s Future Development

Cheshmehzangi,

Tang

2024

Urban Sustainability

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China's Development Challenges

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The Cyclical Behaviour of Public and Private Health Expenditure in China

The Cyclical Behaviour of Public and Private Health Expenditure in China

Chinese Investment in Africa

China’s Urbanization Progress and Urban Change: Sustainability Cannot Be Divorced from China’s Future Development

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