Public Finance in China : Reform and Growth

This book brings together analysis and insights from high-level Chinese policy-makers and prominent international scholars in addressing the key challenges China is facing in maintaining rapid growth and achieving the Government's stated goal of creating a harmonious society. It analyzes such key policy issues as: public finance and the changing role of the state; fiscal reform and revenue and expenditure assignments; inter-governmental relations and fiscal transfers; and financing and delivery of basic public goods such as compulsory education, innovation, public health, and social protection.

Foreword
Overview	p. 1
Role of the state and public finances
Public finances, the role of the state, and economic transformation, 1978-2020	p. 13
Intergovernmental fiscal reforms, expenditure assignment, and governance	p. 39
Fiscal policy and refeorms : toward realizing a harmonious society	p. 53
Fiscal reform and revenue assignments
Expenditure assignments in China : challenges and policy options	p. 77
Taxation reforms and the sequencing of intergovernmental reforms in China : preconditions for a Xiaokang society	p. 95
Intergovernmental relations and fiscal transfers
Fine-tuning the intergovernmental transfer system to create a harmonious society and a level playing field for regional development	p. 129
The reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations in China : lessons learned	p. 155
Creating a regulatory framework for managing subnational borrowing	p. 171
Education and innovation financing
Financing lifelong learning	p. 193
Strengthening China's technological capability	p. 223
The public health system : access, service delivery, and financing
Funding public health	p. 255
Health reform in rural China : challenges and options	p. 265
Social security
Notional defined contribution accounts : a pension reform model worth considering	p. 289
Realizing the potential of China's social security pension system	p. 309
Growth, inequality, and fiscal reform
Does the Di Bao program guarantee a minimum income in China's cities?	p. 317
Growth, inequality, and fiscal policy from a historical perspective : are there lessons for China?	p. 335
Index	p. 357
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Public Finance in China : Reform and Growth for a Harmonious Society

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