China's stunning record of economic development since the 1970s has
been marred by an increasingly obvious gap between the country's
'haves' and its 'have-nots'. While people living in some parts of
the country have enjoyed dramatically improved conditions of life,
those in other districts and regions have slipped ever further
behind in terms of access to health, wealth, education, security
and opportunity.
Paying for Progress in China is a collection of essays which
trace the causes of this growing inequality, using new data
including surveys, interviews, newly available official statistics
and in-depth fieldwork. Their findings expose the malfunctioning of
China's 'broken' intergovernmental fiscal system, which has
exacerbated the disequalizing effects of emerging market forces.
Whilst the government's deliberately 'pro-poor' development
policies have in recent years sought to reduce the gap between rich
and poor, both markets, and also state institutions and policies,
are continuing to create perverse equity outcomes across the
country, confounding hopes for better-balanced and more inclusive
growth in China.
The interdisciplinary approach of this collection, incorporating
work by economists, sociologists and political scientists, makes it
a valuable resource for students of contemporary Chinese political
economy and social development.
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