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Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I The Realistic Environment and Long-term Financing Plight -- Chapter 1 How Was China's Long-term Financing Plight Formed -- Chapter 2 The Problem of the Existing Financial System -- Chapter 3 How to Escape the Long-term Financing Plight -- Part II The Successful Practice of Development Finance in China -- Chapter 4 The Formation and Development of China's Development Finance -- Chapter 5 The Operating Mechanism of Development Financial Institutions -- Chapter 6 China's Development Finance Model: Micro Cases -- Part III Theoretical Connotations of Development Finance -- Chapter 7 Development Finance and Market Formation of Government-Led Finance -- Chapter 8 Development Finance and Social Capital Formation -- Chapter 9 New Developments in Financial Development Theories -- Part IV International Comparison of Policy Finance -- Chapter 10 Policy Finance in Europe and America -- Chapter 11 Policy Finance in Asia -- Chapter 12 International Development Financial Institutions -- Chapter 13 Policy Financial Mode: International Comparison and Trends -- Notes -- References -- Index

"This book provides a systematic study of the challenges of aging in China and of the measures being taken, planned and still needed to cope with the challenges. It highlights that the number of people aged 65 or above is growing and that the growth will accelerate - from 176 million people representing 12.6% of the population in 2019 to 310 million representing 22.3% of the population by 2035; and it also highlights that the aging comes at a time when China's economy is not yet fully developed and not yet fully balanced. The book outlines how China has already established an elderly care system and is beginning to meet the needs of the elderly for economic security, social services and so on, discusses the need for enhancing and considerably extending the existing system, and proposes reform ideas and key policy options"--

How and why are arts and cultural practices meaningful to communities? Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community development. Academics and practitioners from six continents discuss how diverse communities understand, re-imagine or seek to change personal, cultural, social, economic or political conditions while using the arts as their means and spaces of engagement. Investigating the theory and practice of 'cultural democracy', this book explores a range of aesthetic forms including song, music, muralism, theatre, dance, and circus arts

China has recently become one of the world's largest shale gas producers. However, little is known about how shale gas development and fracking affect local communities in China nor how local communities view this development. Drawing on fieldwork conducted during August 2015 in two villages in Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality, this article shows that while fracking leads to serious environmental and social problems there are also substantial economic and social benefits. Furthermore, this study uncovers both active and resigned support of shale gas development in rural China depending on whether local residents prioritize economics or politics. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

This book explores the contributions that research, with refugees and with faith-based organizations for example, makes to strengthen community development and consequently promote active citizenship and social justice, This book focuses upon the contributions that research can make towards strengthening community development and working for social justice agendas in Britain. Drawing upon original research, as part of the Third Sector Research Capacity Building Cluster, the volume explores different ways in which research can contribute to capacity building and 'research mindedness' in the Third Sector. This includes the contributions that community-university research partnerships can make, enabling organisations and social movements to undertake research for themselves. Examples include research with refugee and asylum seeker organisations and groups, research with faith-based organisations and research exploring the relevance of community arts, media and sports. Whilst the book covers a number of related themes, they share an overall focus upon community development to promote active citizenship and social justice

States can do much to tap community-level energies & resources for development if they seek to interact more synergistically with local communities. The broader spin-off is the creation of a developmental society & polity. Using case studies from Asia & Latin America, we illustrate how (1) state efforts to bring about land reform, tenancy reform, & expand noncrop sources of income can broaden the distribution of power in rural communities, laying the basis for more effective community-driven collective action; & (2) higher levels of government can form alliances with communities, putting pressure on local authorities from above & below to improve development outcomes at the local level. These alliances can also be very effective in catalyzing collective action at community level, & reducing "local capture" by vested interests. There are several encouraging points that emerge from these case studies. First, powerful institutional changes do not necessarily take long to generate. Second, they can be achieved in a diversity of settings: tightly knit or open communities; war-ravaged or relatively stable; democratic or authoritarian; with land reform or (if carefully managed) even without. Third, there are strong political payoffs in terms of legitimacy & popular support for those who support such developmental action. 1 Figure, 1 Appendix, 101 References. Adapted from the source document.

States can do much to tap community-level energies and resources for development if they seek to interact more synergistically with local communities. The broader spin-off is the creation of a developmental society and polity. Using case studies from Asia and Latin America, we illustrate how: (1) state efforts to bring about land reform, tenancy reform, and expanding non-crop sources of income can broaden the distribution of power in rural communities, laying the basis for more effective community-driven collective action; and (2) higher levels of government can form alliances with communities, putting pressure on local authorities from above and below to improve development outcomes at the local level. These alliances can also be very effective in catalysing collective action at community level, and reducing "local capture" by vested interests. There are several encouraging points that emerge from these case studies. First, powerful institutional changes do not necessarily take long to generate. Second, they can be achieved in a diversity of settings: tightly knit or open communities; war-ravaged or relatively stable; democratic or authoritarian; with land reform or (if carefully managed) even without. Third, there are strong political pay-offs in terms of legitimacy and popular support for those who support such developmental action. (Original abstract)