Cours 6 [Mode de compatibilité]
Sandra Poncet
Economie de la Chine17 mars Réformes rurales et urbainesSandra PoncetEmail: sandra.poncet@univ-paris1.fr1Introduction on rural reformsEiExperimental reforms were llhaunchedd in nearlly every sector off the economy. However,, it was in the countrysideethat reforms succeeded first, and it was the dramatic success of rural reforms that cleared the way for continuing and progressively more profound change;Having agricultural reform precede industrial reform proved to be a great boon to the Chinese reform drive‐tremendous momentum for industrial reform‐changed the terms of political debate in ChinaSuccess of reforms in agriculture is only half the story:‐Freedom ofof labor allocation induced a sharp increase ofof labor input into nongrain crops and nonagricultural businesses. ‐Rapid rise and then fall of Rural Collective Enterprises234Source: Park (2005)Lecture OutlineIntroductionI‐Rural ReformsA. 1978 Agricultural ReformsB. The household responsibility system: features and consequencesCC. TTiransitition to a marktket economy iin rural ChiChinaIIII‐What CanCan Explain the RiseRise & Fall of China’s Towwnnship and Village EnterprisesA. Features of TVEsB. Explanations for TVE SuccessC. Explanations for TVE DeclineConclusion5I-Rural ReformsA. 1978 Agricultural Reforms1. Diversification –rural economy (end of “grain first”)2. Product Specialization / Crop Selection based on comparative advantage33. EEixpansion –ffree markktets4 ...