Xuechun, Zhang  <br/><br/>
Rural Finance in poverty-stricken areas in the people's republic of China:   balancing government and market/ 
Zhang Xuechun,  Xu Zhong, Shen Minggao and Cheng Enjiang. 
 - Philippines  ADB,  2010. 
 - xiii, 209 p. :  ill. ;  28cm. 
<br/><br/>	<br/>Cover; <br/>Contents; <br/>Preface; <br/>About the Authors; <br/>Foreword: <br/>Nurturing Local Financial Strength in Rural Areas; <br/>Abbreviations; <br/><br/>Introduction; Ensuring Access to Finance; <br/>Promoting the Domestic Opening of Financial Markets; <br/><br/>Part I. An Overview of Rural Finance; <br/>Chapter 1. Rural Financial Reform; <br/>History of Rural Finance in the People's Republic of China; <br/>Main Issues of the Rural Financial System in the People's Republic of China; <br/>Lessons from Rural Finance Reform; <br/><br/>Chapter 2. Rural Economic Situation; <br/>General Economic Situation; <br/>Industrial Structures; <br/>Agriculture Loans; <br/>Fiscal Position. <br/><br/>Chapter 3: Rural Financial Services for the poor and the Rural Migrants<br/>Local Institutional Outlets<br/>Agriculture and Poverty Reduction Loans<br/>Remittances of Rural Migrants<br/><br/><br/>PART II: Current Rural Financial Policy<br/>Chapter 4: Capital Flows and Rural Finance<br/>Interregional Capital Flows<br/>Loans and Deposits<br/><br/>Chapter 5: Interest Rate Policy<br/>Changes in Rural Deposits and Loans<br/>Market Distortions and Efficiency of Rural Financial Institutions<br/>Institutional Response to Market Distortions<br/><br/><br/>PART III: Financial Models<br/>Chapter 6: Coperative Finance<br/>Principles of Cooperative Finance and International Experience<br/>Lessons of Cooperative Finance in the People's Republic of China; <br/>Strengths of Rural Credit Cooperative Reform Policies; <br/>Rural Credit Cooperative Reform Policy Issues; <br/>Evaluation of Rural Credit Cooperative Reform Policy; <br/><br/>Chapter 7. Microfinance; <br/>Diversified Microfinance Development Model; <br/>Lessons of Microfinance; <br/>Development and Innovation of Microfinance in the People's Republic of China; <br/>International Microfinance Donor Agencies; <br/>Reasons for the Slow Development of Microfinance; <br/>A New Phase of Microfinance Development. <br/><br/>Chapter 8. Informal Finance<br/>Informal Finance in the People's Republic of China; <br/>Informal Finance in Poverty-Stricken Areas; <br/>Informal Financial Institutions; <br/>Comparison of Formal and Informal Finance; <br/>Rural Finance Options in Poverty-Stricken Areas; <br/><br/>Part IV. Surveys, Pilot Studies, and Policy Recommendations; <br/>Chapter 9. Surveys and Pilot Projects; <br/>Poverty Reduction Loans; <br/>Rural Remittance; <br/>Cooperative Finance; <br/>Microfinance; <br/>Informal Finance; <br/><br/>Chapter 10. Policy Recommendations; <br/>General Policy Considerations; <br/>Poverty Reduction Loans; <br/>Rural Remittance; <br/>Cooperative Finance; <br/>Microfinance. <br/><br/>Chapter 11. Opening the Rural Financial Market and Piloting New Rural Financial Institutions<br/>Important Issues in Opening the Rural Financial Market; <br/>Additional Requirements; <br/>Cost-Effective Approach; <br/><br/>Appendix; <br/>List of Tables; <br/>A.1: Number of Banking Outlets, by Region, 2005;<br/>A.2: Credit Market Concentration in Sample Counties, 1999-2003; <br/>A.3: Rural Deposits in Sample Counties, 1999-2003; <br/>A.4: Rural Loans in Sample Counties, 1999-2003; <br/>A.5: Rural Credit Cooperatives' Nonperforming Loans, Bad Debt, and Losses in Sample Counties, 1999-2003. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789715618922 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development -- China.   <br/> Economic development.  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.951  / ASI/R