Prosper or Perish : : Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China / / Lynette H. Ong.

The official banking institutions for rural China are Rural Credit Cooperatives (RCCs). Although these co-ops are mandated to support agricultural development among farm households, since 1980 half of RCC loans have gone to small and medium-sized industrial enterprises located in, and managed by, to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 35 tables, 8 line figures, 3 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Overview and Research Questions
  • 1. Local Governments, Rural Credit, and Regional Development in China
  • Appendix: Case Study Indicators, Household Survey, and Sources
  • 2. The Rural Financial System and Rural Development in China
  • Part II. The Design of China's Economic and Political Institutions
  • 3. The Design of China's Rural Credit Institutions
  • 4. The Implications of Cadre Evaluation and Fiscal System for Local-Government Behavior
  • Appendix: Township Cadre Evaluation Criteria in Wenling County, Zhejiang Province
  • Part III. Case Studies: Blind Men and the Elephant
  • 5. Diverging Pathways to Prosperity: Privately Led vs. Local Government-Led Industrialization
  • 6. The Local Government-Led Path to Rural Decay
  • Appendix: Revenue and Expenditures of the Perished Townships
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: List of Non-Survey Field Interviews, 2003-6
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Chinese Terms
  • Index