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- The quality of growth is critical to sustaining progress on the planet
- The book provides a critical message from China, one of the most important emerging powers with a far reaching impact on climate change and structural transformation
- The book is a result of a country owned process, emphasizes pro-poor growth, equal opportunities, energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and environment protection
Part of the book series: International Research on Poverty Reduction (IRPR)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The rapid growth over the past three decades has been instrumental in lifting over 600 million people in China out of poverty, and people want to know why and how it happened. International evidence has made it clear that a global economy based on current patterns of consumption and production is simply not sustainable. Policymakers have repeatedly been advised that economic growth, poverty reduction, equity, and environment and resource sustainability must be integrated into national development strategies. What about China? The principle limitation of existing China-focused economic studies lies in its imbalances from the perspective of analysis and the impact of growth on poverty and inequality. A limited number of studies are devoted to structural transformation and China’s structural imbalances, social disparities and the impact of science and technology on growth and productivity. This book addresses the alarming environmental consequences of China’s growth patterns within an overall quality growth framework. It contributes to the economic growth and development literature and current policy discourse on China by expanding the policy analysis to include several important new areas using the most recent data available. This includes analyzing the macroeconomic factors that underlie the need for China to advance its economic transformation; examining how social inequalities, including health, education and gender, have evolved and presenting the scale of environmental problems associated with China’s growth miracle. This report represents the first attempt to integrate the issue of environmental sustainability and climate change into the quality growth context, providing readers with a comprehensive account of China’s success and challenges inits three decades of rapid economic growth.
Authors and Affiliations
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International Poverty Reduction Center in China, Beijing, China
Xiaolin Wang
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The World Bank, Washington, USA
Limin Wang
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George Washington University, Washington, USA
Yan Wang
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Quality of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
Authors: Xiaolin Wang, Limin Wang, Yan Wang
Series Title: International Research on Poverty Reduction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36346-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Social Sciences Academic Press (China) and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-36345-0Published: 02 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52395-7Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36346-7Published: 14 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2195-9781
Series E-ISSN: 2195-979X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 118
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, Social Policy