This study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the period since the 1980s. The authors explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth and deeply flawed institutions and expose the mechanisms underpinning the origin and expansion of her great boom.
China's great economic transformation -- China and development economics -- China in light of the performance of the transition economies-- A political economy of China's economic transition -- The demographic factor in China's transition -- The Chinese labor market in the reform era -- Education in the reform era -- Environmental resources and economic growth -- Science and technology in China -- The political economy of private sector development in China -- The role of law in China's economic development -- China's fiscal system: a work in progress -- Agriculture in China's development: past disappointments, recent successes and future challenges -- China's financial system: past, present, and future -- China's industrial development -- China's embrace of globalization -- Growth and structural transformation in China -- Income inequality during China's economic transition -- Spatial dimensions of Chinese economic development -- Forecasting China's economic growth to 2025.