Fiscal Underpinnings for Sustainable Development in China Rebalancin
This book collects high-quality papers on issues related to the rebalancing strategy in China, new clean cities as “hubs’’, liability management, and involving the private sector, including through PPPs, with specific examples from Guangdong. Guangdo
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iscal Underpinnings for Sustainable Development in China Rebalancing in Guangdong
Fiscal Underpinnings for Sustainable Development in China
Ehtisham Ahmad Meili Niu Kezhou Xiao •
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Fiscal Underpinnings for Sustainable Development in China Rebalancing in Guangdong
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Editors Ehtisham Ahmad University of Bonn Bonn Germany and London School of Economics London UK and
Meili Niu Center for Chinese Public Administration Research Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, Guangdong China Kezhou Xiao Department of Economics London School of Economics London UK
Pao Yu-Kong Professor Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
ISBN 978-981-10-6285-8 ISBN 978-981-10-6286-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6286-5
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Foreword I
The world is urbanizing at an extraordinary pace. In nowhere is this more important than in China where the process has been moving rapidly over the last few decades and will continue to do so. We already see the difficult consequences, in terms of congestion, pollution, and urban sprawl of some of the earlier decisions, explicit or implicit, around the growth of towns and cities. If the lock-in, in terms of long-lasting infrastructure, of still further difficulties is to be avoided, strong development and urban planning decisions have to be taken now. The prize, if this goes well, is attractive cities where people can move, breathe, and be productive. If it goes badly, standards of living in cities will be deeply compromised. Many of China’s problems, and this is true
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