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Labor Markets and Economic Development
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues increasingly come to the fore. With the increased competition from globalization, the discussion is shifting to the need for greater labor market flexibility and the creation of "good" jobs. Moreover, the...
Published April 22nd 2009 by Routledge
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Governing Rapid Growth in China
Equity and Institutions
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
After three decades of spectacular economic growth in China, the problem is no longer how to achieve growth, but how to manage its consequences and how to sustain it. The most important consequence, at least as far as Chinese policy makers are concerned, is the rapidly growing inequality, between...
Published April 8th 2009 by Routledge
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Regional Inequality in China
Trends, Explanations and Policy Responses
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
China’s spectacular growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality which threatens the social compact and thus the political basis for economic growth. Chinese policy makers have realized the importance of the problem and have launched a series of investigations and policy...
Published March 26th 2009 by Routledge
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Membership Based Organizations of the Poor
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
This highly topical volume, with contributions from leading experts in the field, explores a variety of questions about membership based organizations of the poor. Analyzing their success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and...
Published April 11th 2007 by Routledge
