Rural reform, nonfarm development, and rural modernization in China

This paper discusses the impact of rural reforms and industrialization strategies on the modernization process in, and the economic structure of, rural areas during two historical periods: 1949 to 1978 and 1979 onward. Because of a series of structural reforms, the rural economy has undergone profou...

• Main Author: Dong, Fureng
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial. Instituto de Desarrollo Económico
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank. Economic Development Institute 1998
• Series: An EDI seminar paper no. 38
• Subjects: 1949-1986; DESARROLLO RURAL; REFORMA AGRARIA; CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS; CHINA; COYUNTURA ECONOMICA; SITUACION ECONOMICA

Table of Contents:

• 1. Rural conditions before 1978
• 2. reform measures after 1978
• 3. Nonfarm development models
• 4. Issues and future directions
• 5. Annexes.