UID:
edoccha_9958107315802883
Format:
v, 59 pages :
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illustrations ;
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26 cm.
ISBN:
1-282-23254-1
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9786612232541
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0-8213-8020-6
Series Statement:
World Bank working paper, no. 172
Content:
China's recent economic growth has expanded industrialization and urbanization, upgraded consumption, increased social mobility, and initiated a shift from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and services. However, more than half of China's people still live in rural areas-where average income per capita is less than a third of the urban average.China has adopted a new development paradigm in its 11th Five-Year Plan (covering 2006-11), emphasizing the building of a Harmonious Society (he xie she hui) with more balanced development across regions. The new development paradi
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Development of China's Rural Information Infrastructure; Boxes; Tables; Figures; 3. Rural Informatization Initiatives and Organizational Models; 4. Lessons from International Experiences; 5. Challenges for Rural Informatization in China; 6. Recommendations; 7. Conclusions; Appendixes
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-8018-4
Language:
English