The Economic Development of China: A Comparison with the Japanese Experience

by Ryoshin Minami, trans Wenran Jiang

Overview

This book identifies that problems that China must face to develop its economy and elucidates the structural deficiencies which lay behind these problems. Chinese economy compared with other economies in the world. The book also analyzes China's present economic situation and, where possible, provides prescriptions for solving its problems by comparing it with the Japanese development experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349231744
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Series:	Studies on the Chinese Economy
Edition description:	1st ed. 1994
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ryoshin Minami is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Research.

David Merriman is Assistant Professor of Economics at Loyola University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Economic Development and Achievement: An Overview - Economic Systems and the Government - The Foundation of Economic Growth - Agriculture: The Basis for Industrialization - Industrialization and Technological Progress - The Chinese Economy in the Process of Internationalization - Compulsory Capital Accumulation and Inflation - Population, Labour Force and National Life - The Chinese Economy and Japan - Index

Editorial Reviews

Identifies problems that China must face to develop its economy and the structural deficiencies that lay behind those problems, and provides prescriptions for solving them drawn from the Japanese experience since the Meiji period. Among the topics are government, agriculture, industrialization, internationalism, the labor force, and living standards. Accessible to non-economists. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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