reform and growth for a harmonious society Lou, Jiwei 1950- Wang, Shuilin. World Bank text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C World Bank c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xxviii, 369 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Foreword / by James W. Adams -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview / Shuilin Wang -- Part I: Role of the state and public finances -- Public finances, the role of the state, and economic transformation, 1978- 2020 / Athar Hussain and Nicholas Stern -- Intergovernmental fiscal reforms, expenditure assignment, and governance / David Dollar and Bert Hofman -- Fiscal policy and reforms: toward realizing a harmonious society / Teresa Ter-Minassian and Annalisa Fedelino -- Part II: Fiscal reform and revenue assignments -- Expenditure assignments in China: challenges and policy options / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez ... [et al.] -- Taxation reforms and the sequencing of intergovernmental reforms in China : preconditions for a Xiaokang society / Ehtisham Ahmad -- Part III: Intergovernmental relations and fiscal transfers -- Fine-tuning the intergovernmental transfer system to create a harmonious society and a level playing field for regional development / Anwar Shah and Chunli Shen -- The reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations in China: lessons learned / Jiwei Lou -- Creating a regulatory framework for managing subnational borrowing / Lili Liu -- Part IV: Education and innovation financing -- Financing lifelong learning / Carl Dahlman, Douglas Zhihua Zeng, and Shuilin Wang -- Strengthening China's technological capability / Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima -- Part V: The public health system: access, service delivery, and financing -- Financing public health / David B. Evans and Ke Xu -- Health reform in rural China: challenges and options / Adam Wagstaff and Magnus Lindelow -- Part VI: Social security -- Notional defined contribution accounts: a pension reform model worth considering / Jiange Li, Mark Dorfman, and Yan Wang -- Realizing the potential of China's social security pension system / Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey Liebman -- Part VII: Growth, inequality and fiscal reform -- Does the Di Bao program guarantee a minimum income in China's cities? / Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen, and Youjuan Wang -- Growth, inequality, and fiscal policy from a historical perspective: are there lessons for China? / François Bourguignon. edited by Jiwei Lou and Shuilin Wang. Includes bibliographical references and index. Finance, Public China China Social policy HJ1401 .P83 2008 336.51 WOP 2008 9780821369272 082136927X 9780821369289 (electronic) 0821369288 (electronic) 2007019064 DLC 070510 20181210065357.0