Hydropower Development and Resettlement Policy on China's Nu River
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 19, Heft 66, S. 777-797
ISSN: 1469-9400
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In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 19, Heft 66, S. 777-797
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: The journal of human resources, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 25-46
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 54, Heft 4, S. 759-789
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: Contemporary economic policy: a journal of Western Economic Association International, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 88-100
ISSN: 1465-7287
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 19, Heft 66, S. 777-797
ISSN: 1067-0564
Hydropower represents an important alternative form of energy in China, a country that currently uses coal to supply 78% of its electricity. However, evidence from large hydropower projects in China shows that the socio-economic and environmental costs of hydropower development are substantial. Construction on the first of the 13 planned dams on the Nu River began in the summer of 2008, and villages are already beginning to be displaced. Based on fieldwork in the area, we find that the local resettlement policies infringe upon the national regulations governing resettlement caused by major infrastructure development. This infringement includes high prices for resettlement homes, forcing villagers to leave agricultural production, a lack of programs for long-term economic development, and a lack of transparency in decision-making processes. (J Contemp China/GIGA)
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In: Economics of education review, Band 21, Heft 6, S. 523-541
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy, Band 11, Heft 1
ISSN: 1935-1682
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Few studies have attempted to investigate the link between poverty and vulnerability with respect to natural disasters. By applying a utility model to panel data from Indonesia that brackets a major forest fire, this paper estimates and analyzes households' vulnerability in both total consumption and food consumption. We find that households with a high degree of exposure to smoke from the fires were more vulnerable in total consumption than households with lower exposure, but that they were no more vulnerable in food consumption.
In: Journal of development economics, Band 96, Heft 1, S. 139-149
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Journal of development economics, Band 96, Heft 1, S. 139-149
ISSN: 0304-3878
World Affairs Online
In: Cuadernos de economía, Band 47, Heft 135
ISSN: 0717-6821
Fiscal mimicking and yardstick competition among neighboring jurisdictions have been widely documented in developed countries with long histories of democracy. However, there is very little empirical evidence concerning these practices in developing countries with young democracies. Using a primary panel of 86 rural Chinese administrative villages that have undergone transitions to democracy over the last two decades, we show that the neighborhood effect also exists in a young democracy, albeit at a lower magnitude than in a mature democracy. Elected chairs of village committees who have served more than one term respond positively to the provision of public projects in neighboring villages by increasing both the number of public projects and the funding allocated to undertake them. In contrast, appointed party secretaries with more than one year of service are insensitive to neighbors' performance. In addition, village leaders are strategic in timing the arrival of public projects to increase the probability of re-election: In the year preceding elections, both the number and budget of public projects increase significantly. In this sense, politicians in young and old democracies behave alike. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; GRP32 ; DSGD
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In: China economic review, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 614-627
ISSN: 1043-951X
In: China economic review, Band 21, S. S1-S2
ISSN: 1043-951X
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 38, Heft 7, S. 1036-1046
In: Public budgeting & finance, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 1-23
ISSN: 1540-5850