Leveraging the sharp changes in environmental regulation embedded in China's 11th Five-Year Plan (FYP), which covered the period from 2006 to 2010, we characterize the degree to which the plan softens trade-offs between emissions and output. We document that the 11th FYP is associated with...

The Degrowth movement advocates a radical shift from our capitalist economic system to one based on human needs, planetary boundaries, and economic democracy. The literature, however, often neglects detailing the concrete coordination mechanisms of a Degrowth economy. This paper addresses this...

The article raises the issue of using the historical experience of planning initiated by the establishment of the State Planning Committee in Soviet Russia in 1921. Of course, literal borrowing of the Soviet directive planning model is out of the question. However, it has also been proved in...

Creation of jobs outside of agriculture is one of the biggest challenges that confront the policymakers trying to achieve ‘faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth’. The Indian economy has been growing at unprecedented rates but it has been characterized by jobless growth and...

The 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) was approved at the Two Sessions 2021 held in Beijing, China. The 14th FYP holds special meaning when com-pared to previous FYPs. It marks the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and its first year of pursuing the second centenary goal, “building a...

International organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the International Monetary Fund routinely organize cross-learning programs on specific topics for their member governments. Likewise, many national governments...

Planning is the first important function of all organizations. It is planning that gives direction to all the activities to be undertaken by an organization. Planning includes setting the objectives of the organization, identifying the activities that need to be carried out to achieve these...

Empowerment, as a means and an end of human development, is related to the vulnerable or disadvantaged sections of the society like women. The paper aims at examining the provisions for women empowerment in the five year plans of India. Uncertainty or problems arise when moving theory to...

Chapter 1: Overview of the 2 Sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 2: Critiques of the 2 Sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 3: A Stochastic Version of the 2 Sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 4: Open Economy Extensions of the 2-sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 5: Overview of the 4 Sector...

""Five-Year Plans" have been a cornerstone of Chinese social and economic development initiatives since 1953. During the thirteenth of these periods between 2016 and 2020, the global economy has experienced instability after the financial crisis, as well as political and economic...

This publication, the first in a series of three, considers the feasibility of the central economic growth target that is set out in South Africa's National Development Plan 2030. It then explores some of the associated human development targets. The paper first looks at the core characteristics...

An important factor influencing corporate finance and economic growth in China lies in its government sponsored industrial policies. Examining China’s five-year plans during 1991-2010, we find that state-owned firms in government supported industries enjoy faster growth in initial public...

What are the implications of the Thirteenth Five-Year (2016-2020) Plan for Economic and Social Development of China for Hong Kong? While the Plan is mostly indicative even for the Mainland, and certainly not mandatory for Hong Kong, it does express support for Hong Kong to continue to develop as...

The GDP growth rates recorded during the first 15 years of Indian planning are far higher than those recorded during the colonial era. The prevalent view amongst economists, therefore, is that the introduction of central economic planning caused a significant improvement in India's economic...

The true nature and purpose of China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative are subject to much speculation. The one certainty is that OBOR commands powerful high-level Chinese support and is backed by a large investment of political capital. It is no less than the personal signature initiative...

Industrial policy is ubiquitous in both developing and developed countries. In China, government intervention in favor of specific industries is believed to play an important role in economic development. The targeting of strategic industries for preferential treatment has been a central part of...