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  • Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China over Three Decades

    Series series Elements in Development Economics
    It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China, from being on a par with Sub Sahara Africa at the start of economic reform to being an economic superpower today. That rise remains under-researched. Moreover, the great structural changes which accompanied economic growth require examination. The nationally representative China ... Read more

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  • Local Climate Zone Application in Sustainable Urban Development

    Experience from East and Southeast Asian High-Density Cities

    Edited by Ran Wang, Meng Cai, Chao Ren, Yuan Shi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The study of local climate zones (LCZ) links urban morphology, land use and land cover types, human activity, and thermal properties, and provides a standard framework for studying urban climatic issues. In recent years, the LCZ scheme attracts more and more attention from climatologists, urban planners, environmental engineers, as well as architects due to its combination of urban climatic ... Read more

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  • Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China

    Edited by Hiroshi Sato, Shi Li ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring. Though the scale of the problem is huge, very few studies have examined the changes in income inequality in the late 1990s due to a lack of data on household incomes.Based on extensive original research, this book redresses this imbalance, examining the ... Read more

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    Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada. The authors provide a brief history, an analysis of the politics of equalization as witnessed over the last fifteen years, and a ... Read more

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  • China's Remarkable Economic Growth

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    The Fund has recognized in recent years that one cannot separate issues of economic growth and stability on one hand and equality on the other. Indeed, there is a strong case for considering inequality and an inability to sustain economic growth as two sides of the same coin. Central to the Funds mandate is providing advice that will enable members economies to grow on a sustained basis. But the ... Read more

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