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  • Transforming China's Public Services

    A Plan for 2030

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the developmental direction of the modernization of China's basic public services in the context of national governance modernization. Describing the blueprint for the modernization of China's basic public services in 2030, including basic public education, basic medical and health services, basic old-age services, and basic public cultural services, this book reflects Chinese ... Read more

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  • Annual Report on Financing Old Age Care in China (2017)

    Edited by Keyong Dong, Yudong Yao ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides comprehensive analysis and descriptions of China’s ageing finance system . China is undergoing the largest, fastest and longest process of population ageing in the world. It becomes a pressing challenge to the Chinese social security system in this era. Many developed countries have been going through this process. Pension and other financial tools have been studied and ... Read more

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    Series Book Independent Evaluation Office Reports - Independent Evaluation Office Reports
    The second Annual Report of the IEO summarizes the findings and recommendations of two completed evaluation projects: on the IMF’s experience with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and the role of the IMF in Argentina, 1991-2001. It also discusses the status of ongoing evaluations, and identifies potential candidates for the menu from which future ... Read more

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