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Ehtisham Ahmad, Li Keping, Raju Singh, and Thomas Richardson
Publisher:
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Published Date:
October 2002
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451858273.001
ISBN:
9781451858273
ISSN:
1018-5941
Page:
27
The paper assesses the changing nature of the relations between the provinces and the central government in China during the 1990s. It examines the fiscal reforms initiated in 1994 and subsequent developments. The expenditure needs of the center and the richer provinces are juxtaposed against the need for "redistribution" to the more backward regions.