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Great Leap Forward or Backward? Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster
An, Mark Yuying; Li, Wei; Yang, Dennis Tao - 2003
The Great Leap Forward (GLF) disaster, characterized by a collapse of grain output, and the associated famine in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014034823
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Divided World : China’s Land Tenure System and Implication to Foreign Investment in China
Chen, Ruoying - 2010
This article reviews China's land tenure system, which is featured with differential treatment of rural and urban citizens with respect to three types of land tenure: urban land tenure, arable land tenure and rural residential land tenure. With the urban residents fully participated in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138877
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The Authoritarian Commons : Divergent Paths of Neighborhood Democratization in Three Chinese Megacities
Qiao, Shitong - 2021
Can a liberal commons emerge in an authoritarian regime? Based on an in-depth investigation of the ongoing self-governance movement among hundreds of millions of homeowners in China, this research examines the tension between authoritarianism and liberal commons for the first time. Empirically...
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Think Nationally, Act Locally : Cities and the Struggle for Social Justice
McDougall, Harold A. - 2022
How to progress civil rights and social justice nationally by utilizing small, linked democratic activist groups operating at the local level, creating “democracy at a human scale.” Not only is all social policy ultimately implemented at the local level, but access to the democratic process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308074
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Socialism Without Liberation - Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - 2009
One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049443
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Post Second World War State Agricultural Policies in Bulgaria - Evolution, Implementation, Impacts
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2008
This paper analyzes evolution, implementation and impacts of state agricultural policies in Bulgaria during post Second World War years now. Firstly, it presents agricultural policies development during 1950s and 1960s (post war nationalization, cooperation of peasants, central planning and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219986
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Socialism without liberation : land reclamation projects in Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - 1988
One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334894
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North Korea : the last transition economy?
Koen, Vincent; Beom, Jinwoan - 2020
The North Korean economy has been a statistical black hole for decades but is undergoing substantial transformations. Rapid post-war industrialisation was not sustained beyond the mid-1960s and South Korea’s economy far outpaced North Korea’s during the next three decades, during which trend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203362
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The causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-1961 : country-level evidence
Kasahara, Hiroyuki; Li, Bingjing - 2017 - First Draft: February 15, 2017, this version: November 23, 2017
This study provides evidence that the over-export of grains aggravated the severity of China's Great Famine. We collect … the county-level during the famine period, and conduct counterfactual experiments to quantify the relative importance of … different causes of the Great Famine. The counterfactual experiments indicate that the effect of grain exports explains 12 …
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Role of Institutions and Support Systems in Promoting Organic Farming - A Case of Organic Producer Groups in India
Rani, Ch. Radhika - 2016
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (Prime Minister People Money Scheme) created a record opening up of bank accounts in India in a very short span. The utility of the bank accounts is great for the financial inclusion and which was demonstrated across India in various ways. However, there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999435