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Title Reducing inequality for shared growth in China : strategy and policy options for Guangdong province
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2011]
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Description xxxi, 356 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Series Directions in development : human development
Directions in development. Human development
Contents Poverty in Guangdong -- Inequality in Guangdong -- Summary and policy implications -- How to evaluate a social assistance program -- Evolution and main policy features of rural Dibao in Guangdong -- Challenges faced by the Dibao program in Guangdong -- Labor market overview -- Barriers to a mobile and flexible labor market -- Policy implications -- The current situation -- Issues and problems -- Conclusions and summary of recommendations -- A new platform for pursuing bolder innovations -- Purpose of the note -- Rural land challenges -- Urban land challenges -- Key outcome gaps in compulsory education -- Spending gaps in compulsory education and the new free compulsory education scheme -- Preparing for change -- Meeting the challenge for skills development -- Governance -- Financing -- Non-state provision -- Market institutions -- School reforms -- The challenge of inequality and regional disparities -- Resource mobilization and allocation -- Improve the efficiency and equity of health protection schemes -- Strengthening the health services delivery capacity in the lagging areas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject City planning -- China -- Guangdong Sheng.
Education -- China -- Guangdong Sheng.
Social change -- China -- Guangdong Sheng.
SUBJECT Guangdong Sheng (China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018335 -- Social conditions -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008643
Guangdong Sheng (China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018335 -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646
Guangdong Sheng (China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018335 -- Social planning
Guangdong Sheng (China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018335 -- Politics and government -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011444
Author World Bank.
LC no. 2010030042
ISBN 9780821384848
0821384848
9780821385012 electronic
0821385011 electronic