Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Focusing in particular on three major informal institutions: village trust and Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), guanxi community and Integrating Village with Company (IVWC) governance, it argues that informal institutions, traditions and customs are all critical factors for facilitating modernization and social and economic development, promoting the integration of trust, reciprocity, responsibility and obligation into economic and social exchange processes and considerably lowering risks and transactions costs. This detailed account is an invaluable resource for postgraduates and researching studying and working in this area. Winner of the 2008 Zhang Peigang Development Economics Award.

Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Focusing in particular on three major informal institutions: village trust and Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), guanxi community and Integrating Village with Company (IVWC) governance, it argues that informal institutions, traditions and customs are all critical factors for facilitating modernization and social and economic development, promoting the integration of trust, reciprocity, responsibility and obligation into economic and social exchange processes and considerably lowering risks and transactions costs. This detailed account is an invaluable resource for postgraduates and researching studying and working in this area. Winner of the 2008 Zhang Peigang Development Economics Award.

In recent years, a financial crisis not encountered for almost half a century broke out globally, deeply affecting the economy of China. This book covers topics in relation to the financial crisis in China, such as how the financial crisis intensifies discussion on "the China Model", the comprehensive interpretation on the scale, structure and effects of the 4 trillion economic stimulus plan and the development of rural finance in China under circumstances of world-wide financial upheaval.

In recent years, a financial crisis not encountered for almost half a century broke out globally, deeply affecting the economy of China. This book covers topics in relation to the financial crisis in China, such as how the financial crisis intensifies discussion on "the China Model", the comprehensive interpretation on the scale, structure and effects of the 4 trillion economic stimulus plan and the development of rural finance in China under circumstances of world-wide financial upheaval.