Public Finance in China Reform and Growth for a Harmonious Society
by Lou, Jiwei; Wang, ShuilinFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-31
Publisher(s): World Bank Publications
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Summary
This book brings together analysis and insights from high-level Chinese policy-makers and prominent international scholars in addressing the key challenges China is facing in maintaining rapid growth and achieving the Government's stated goal of creating a harmonious society. It analyzes such key policy issues as: public finance and the changing role of the state; fiscal reform and revenue and expenditure assignments; inter-governmental relations and fiscal transfers; and financing and delivery of basic public goods such as compulsory education, innovation, public health, and social protection.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Overview | p. 1 |
| Role of the state and public finances | |
| Public finances, the role of the state, and economic transformation, 1978-2020 | p. 13 |
| Intergovernmental fiscal reforms, expenditure assignment, and governance | p. 39 |
| Fiscal policy and refeorms : toward realizing a harmonious society | p. 53 |
| Fiscal reform and revenue assignments | |
| Expenditure assignments in China : challenges and policy options | p. 77 |
| Taxation reforms and the sequencing of intergovernmental reforms in China : preconditions for a Xiaokang society | p. 95 |
| Intergovernmental relations and fiscal transfers | |
| Fine-tuning the intergovernmental transfer system to create a harmonious society and a level playing field for regional development | p. 129 |
| The reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations in China : lessons learned | p. 155 |
| Creating a regulatory framework for managing subnational borrowing | p. 171 |
| Education and innovation financing | |
| Financing lifelong learning | p. 193 |
| Strengthening China's technological capability | p. 223 |
| The public health system : access, service delivery, and financing | |
| Funding public health | p. 255 |
| Health reform in rural China : challenges and options | p. 265 |
| Social security | |
| Notional defined contribution accounts : a pension reform model worth considering | p. 289 |
| Realizing the potential of China's social security pension system | p. 309 |
| Growth, inequality, and fiscal reform | |
| Does the Di Bao program guarantee a minimum income in China's cities? | p. 317 |
| Growth, inequality, and fiscal policy from a historical perspective : are there lessons for China? | p. 335 |
| Index | p. 357 |
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