Contribution of development and environmental economics to national policy and development: the case of China

Development and environmental policies have accompanied China's economic growth progress, and played significant roles in the process. The economic field in China has experienced its own growth and transition process. Over more than three decades of economic reform and transition, Chinese econo...

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Published in:Environment and development economics 2014-06, Vol.19 (3), p.297-299
Main Author: Xu, Jintao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon
Climate change
Development economics
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic reform
Economics
Economists
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Forest management
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Question 3: There is ongoing concern about the extent to which research in environment and development economics makes an impact on real world decisions. What do you see as some ways of maximizing the impact of environment and development economics research on policy decisions?
Studies
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Sustainable development
Task forces
Transition economies
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Summary:Development and environmental policies have accompanied China's economic growth progress, and played significant roles in the process. The economic field in China has experienced its own growth and transition process. Over more than three decades of economic reform and transition, Chinese economists have learnt from the West, from similar countries undergoing economic reform and transition and, more importantly, from the lessons and experiences in China's unique reform process, and have grown to be an increasingly strong force behind policy change and national development. The following are two examples of policy interactions between economists and policy makers that made an identifiable difference.
ISSN:1355-770X
1469-4395
DOI:10.1017/S1355770X14000217