Continuity and Change in China's Rural Development: Collective and Reform Eras in Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195078725)

With the ascendancy of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China began a program of agricultural reform intended to increase productivity. This detailed study examines what the author sees as the major changes which moved the sector from a centrally planned to a more market-oriented system--replacement of collective teams with household farming, an increase of free markets for rural products, an increased state price for agricultural products, and greater freedom to expand off-farm activities--changes in the economic structure which facilitated greater productivity. It is unique in its focus on a single township, providing new data on the effects of reform at the village level.

Author: Louis Putterman
ISBN-10: 0195078721
ISBN-13: 9780195078725
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 08/05/1993
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.36w x 1.18d