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China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, and Policies

Tony Saich and Shahid Yusuf

No 6337 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: Rural-urban migration is playing an increasingly important role in shaping the economic and demographic landscape of Chinese cities. Over the past two decades, China has transformed itself from a relatively immobile society to one in which more than 10 percent of the population are migrants. China's mobility rate is still low compared with that of advanced industrial economies, the sheer size of the migrant flows and their dramatic economic and social consequences have already profoundly affected economic growth and urban development. Looking ahead, decision makers at all levels will need to craft policies that address issues of migration and rural-urban migrants issues that are hotly debated among scholars, Chinese policy makers, and others. This report presents recent findings that describe migration patterns and changes since the 1980s.

Keywords: National Urban Development Policies and Strategies Health; Nutrition and Population-Population Policies Banks and Banking Reform Transport Economics Policy and Planning Environmental Economics and Policies Finance and Financial Sector Development Health; Nutrition and Population Urban Development Environment Transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8213-7211-1
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