Financial reform has been a major concern for China's transitional economy - especially in the realms of banking and insurance - since accession to the WTO in 2001. This book scrutinizes the development and limitations of these industries during the process of institutional transformation, and...

Introduction -- Competition and innovation -- Designing competition policy -- Technological and trade competitiveness -- Why regulatory governance matters -- Regulatory policy transfer -- Regulating utilities in developing countries -- Problems of utility privatisation -- Regulating through...