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Tables of Contents for China's Ongoing Agricultural Reform
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
2
Acknowledgments
ix
2
List of tables
xi
2
List of abbreviations
xiii
1. Introduction
1
7
Key Findings and Recommendations
6
2
2. Major Policy Developments in Agriculture
8
22
Basic Features of the Reform
8
6
Stages of Economic Reform
14
6
The First Stage (1978-1984)
15
1
The Second Stage (1984-1988)
16
2
The Third Stage (1988-present)
18
2
Other General Issues Associated with Agricultural Reform
20
8
Environmental Effects
20
1
Farm Size
21
2
Property Rights and Land-Tenure Issues
23
1
Domestic Regional Trade
24
2
International Trade
26
2
Summary
28
2
3. The Slowdown of Agricultural Output Growth
30
10
Alternative Explanations for the Slowdown
31
1
Analysis of County-Level Production
32
3
What Led to the Productivity Slowdown?
35
3
Summary
38
2
4. The Role of Markets
40
13
Reform of Product Markets
41
5
Reform in the Input Markets
46
2
Land
46
1
Labor
46
1
Other Inputs
47
1
The 1993-1995 Food Price Increases
48
3
Summary
51
2
5. Excess Labor in Agriculture
53
16
Rural Population and the Agricultural Labor Force
55
5
Excess Labor and Out-Migration from Agriculture
60
6
Policy Options for Addressing the Problem of Excess Labor
66
2
Summary
68
1
6. Township and Village Enterprises
69
10
Total Factor Productivity Growth in TVEs and SOEs
73
3
Explanations for the Success of TVEs
76
1
The Impact of TVEs on Agricultural Production
77
1
Summary
78
1
7. Rural Financial Flows
79
10
Income Transfers through Pricing
79
3
Budget Transfers
82
2
Induced Capital Outflows
84
3
Farmer's Investment in Agriculture
87
1
Summary
88
1
8. Conclusion
89
2
References
91
8
Index
99