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raise water prices and then sell government water utilities to
private monopolies (“Privatization Tidal Wave: IMF/World Bank
Water Policies and the Price Paid by ... IMF (see Chapters 3
and 4) they have obtained control of government-owned telephone
systems, water supplies, and other public utilities, to privatize them
for private profit,...
... Willingness-to-pay
WUAs Water user associations
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Water Scarcity
Recommendations for Selected
Water Resource Management ... -
tical and Advisory Assistance (AAA) program entitled Addressing China’s
Executive Summary
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Water Scarcity: From Analysis to A...
... (2001–present): The implementation of China’s Plant Variety
Protection (PVP) in 1997 and the publication of China’s Seed Law in 2000 further promoted
China’s hybrid rice seed business with ...
(Chen et al. 2007). In 1996, China’s MOA established yield targets for this program (Table 1) (Yuan
2003; Yuan 2008).
Table 1. Yield standards (t/ha) set for China’s “super hybrid rice” pr...
... Activist’s Jailing Spotlights Olympics’ Negative Effect on Rights” Human Rights Watch news release, April 3, 2008,
http://china.hrw.org/press/news_release/china_activist_s_jailing_spotlights_olympics_negative_effect_on_rights. ... China and has a
population of 49 million people. Bordering on Vietnam and China’s Yunnan province,
Guangxi is a hotspot for illicit drugs and has a high rate o...
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5.1. China’s Free Trade Agreements 63
5.2. China’s Membership in Regional Organizations
79
5.3. Regional Organizations Established by China
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5.4. China’s Strategic Partnerships
... gradually and in relative terms. e United
States is both a potential threat to China’s revitalization as a great
power and a central partner in China’s realization of this...
... than China’s when compared to their respective economic sizes, as indicated by total
money supply. China’s reserve accumulation, in this light, does not appear excessive.
How Large is China’s ...
Figure 2. China’s Export and Import Trends in Log Form, 1999-2007
Data in log form such as these indicate the rate of growth by the slope of the line. Hence, in 2001, the
year of China’...
... Rawski edit China’s Great Economic Transformation, Cambridge University Press,
pp 27–67.
Hofman, B and L Kuijs (2008): “Balancing China’s growth”, in M Goldstein and N Lardy edit
Debate China’s ... sector.
4.1 Corporate saving
China’s corporate saving doubled from 12% of GDP in 1992 to a peak of 24% in 2004, but
has since trended down to 19% in 2008 when China’s current account...
... 4, 61-70, Commentary 1
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Zealand's Exporters
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The purpose of this ... the
Chinese people risen markedly, but the high level of accumulated savings corresponds to,
potentially, even higher levels of purchasing power.
As well as a rise in total consumption, ... Del...
... factors related to water impacts include
local water scarcity and infrastructure and enforcement limitations.
As detailed above, some regions of China experience chronic water shortages,
with ... Environmental and Public Affairs, http://www.ipe.org.cn/
4) World Bank 2009 Report, Addressing China’s Water Scarcity, ‖ http://www-
wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSConten...