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Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture Yanrui Wu

Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture By Yanrui Wu

Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture by Yanrui Wu


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Summary

China's agricultural growth in the past two decades has been called a miracle. In addition, this book also investigates the impact of economic reforms on agriculture, the potential of grain production in China, and regional disparities in agricultural production and growth performance.

Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture Summary

Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture by Yanrui Wu

China's agricultural growth in the past two decades has been called a miracle. An analysis of the sources of this miraculous growth is the focus of the present volume. In addition, this book also investigates the impact of economic reforms on agriculture, the potential of grain production in China, and regional disparities in agricultural production and growth performance. This book adds to the literature and contributes to the current debates on food security and rural development.

Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture Reviews

'...it caters well to policy-makers...but at the same time, it whets the appetite of econometricians...this book is an excellent and timely effort.' - Renuka Mahadevan, Asia Pacific Journal of Economics & Business

About Yanrui Wu

ENJIANG CHENG Research Fellow, Chinese Economies Research Centre, University of Adelaide, Australia ROSS GARNAUT Convenor, Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia YIPING HUANG Director, Chinese Economy Program, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia TIN NGUYEN Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia R.T. SHAND Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia XIAOLU WANG Research Associate, Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra HARRY X. WU Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong HONG YANG Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Preface Introduction; K.P.Kalirajan and Y.Wu Stochastic Frontier Production Functions and Technical Efficiency Measurements: A Review; K.P.Kalirajan & R.T.Shand Productivity and Growth in China: A Review; Y.Wu & H.Yang The Impacts of Economic Reforms on Agricultural Growth; T.Nguyen & H.X.Wu Productivity and Efficiency: A Three Sector Comparison; Y.Wu On Explaining Rural Sectors' Productivity Growth; X. Wang & K.P.Kalirajan Has Grain Production Reached its Potential?; K.P.Kalirajan & Y.Huang Regional Grain Productivity; H.Yang Productivity Gain of Farmer Education: Fact or Fiction?; T.Nguyen & E.Cheng Do the Chinese Grain Farmers Maximise Profits?; K.P.Kalirajan & Y.Huang Food Security in China: Self Sufficiency or International Cooperation; R.Garnaut Index

Additional information

NPB9780333724705
9780333724705
0333724704
Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture by Yanrui Wu
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
1999-04-26
242
N/A
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