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China's ongoing agricultural reform

Title: China's ongoing agricultural reform / Colin A. Carter, Funing Zhong, Fang Cai.
Author: Carter, Colin Andre.
Publication: South San Francisco, CA : The 1990 Institute, 1996.

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xiii, 104 pages; 24 cm

Summary

The authors present a systematic and incisive study of five interrelated areas: an exploration of the causes of the slowdown in agricultural output growth since the mid-1980s; the role of both output and input markets in agricultural development; the problem of excess labor in agriculture; the potential of rural industrial development to absorb excess labor; and financial flows - taxation, government expenditure, rural household savings, and investment - in relation to agricultural growth.
The authors conclude with suggestions for fundamental changes in China's agricultural policy that are needed if the nation is to feed its 1.2 billion people.

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Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Major Policy Developments in Agriculture. Basic Features of the Reform. Stages of Economic Reform. The First Stage (1978-1984). The Second Stage (1984-1988). The Third Stage (1988-present). Other General Issues Associated with Agricultural Reform. Environmental Effects. Farm Size. Property Rights and Land-Tenure Issues. Domestic Regional Trade. International Trade -- 3. The Slowdown of Agricultural Output Growth. Alternative Explanations for the Slowdown. Analysis of County-Level Production. What Led to the Productivity Slowdown? -- 4. The Role of Markets. Reform of Product Markets. Reform in the Input Markets. Land. Labor. Other Inputs. The 1993-1995 Food Price Increases -- 5. Excess Labor in Agriculture. Rural Population and the Agricultural Labor Force. Excess Labor and Out-Migration from Agriculture. Policy Options for Addressing the Problem of Excess Labor -- 6. Township and Village Enterprises.
Total Factor Productivity Growth in TVEs and SOEs. Explanations for the Success of TVEs. The Impact of TVEs on Agricultural Production -- 7. Rural Financial Flows. Income Transfers through Pricing. Budget Transfers. Induced Capital Outflows. Farmers' Investment in Agriculture -- 8. Conclusion.

ISBN

047210814X

LCCN

96069840

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