Economic growth and employment in China
1979
Rawski, Thomas G.
The present decade has seen much soul searching about employment policies in developing countries. Several aspects have been the subjects of intensive debate: appropriate technology, small-scale enterprise, rural industries, farm mechanization, and the employment and distributive aspects of small-scale farming and agrarian reform. In writings on these matters, it is common to find some reference to China's experience. China's emphasis on labor-intensive methods of raising agricultural output, supported by its rural industries program, and the resulting effects on the regional dispersion of industry provide valuable insight, both for countries that have not opted for this as one of the elements of an employment and growth policy and for others that have or are in the throes of doing so. As the author concludes, even if China's political, social, and economic system is radically different, there are many examples of how knowledge of its experience can enrich the understanding of those concerned with employment policy elsewhere.
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Publisher for the World Bank [by] Oxford University Press | New York : Published for the World Bank [by] Oxford University Press, ©1979
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