Infrastructure and regional development in the People's Republic of China

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This paper investigates the relationship between infrastructure and rural economic development. It begins by reviewing the progress of Chinese economic and rural reform and analyzes the challenges faced by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Then, based on the review, an endogenous growth model is created to show the channel and mechanism of public infrastructure impacting production and consumption. Next, an empirical study is carried out in order to identify the role of different kinds of infrastructure in rural development. The paper also discusses the interaction between institutional arrangement (soft infrastructure) and hard infrastructure. Finally, some suggestions and implications beneficial to the rural development of the PRC are drawn from theoretical and empirical studies.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADBI Discussion Paper ; No. 69

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
• Subject: Regionale Entwicklung ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Neue Wachstumstheorie ; Schätzung ; China

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Zhao, Zhijun ; Kanamori, Toshiki
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/53469
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