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... stimso1@juno.com 26 Global Solutions 26 raise water prices and then sell government water utilities to private monopolies (“Privatization Tidal Wave: IMF/World Bank Water Policies and the Price Paid by ... IMF (see Chapters 3 and 4) they have obtained control of government-owned telephone systems, water supplies, and other public utilities, to privatize them for private profit,...

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... Willingness-to-pay WUAs Water user associations ABBREVIATIONS ADDRESSING CHINA’S WATER SCARCITY xvii Addressing China’s Water Scarcity Recommendations for Selected Water Resource Management ... - tical and Advisory Assistance (AAA) program entitled Addressing China’s Executive Summary ⅷ ADDRESSING CHINA’S WATER SCARCITY xix Water Scarcity: From Analysis to A...

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... (2001–present): The implementation of China’s Plant Variety Protection (PVP) in 1997 and the publication of China’s Seed Law in 2000 further promoted China’s hybrid rice seed business with ... (Chen et al. 2007). In 1996, China’s MOA established yield targets for this program (Table 1) (Yuan 2003; Yuan 2008). Table 1. Yield standards (t/ha) set for China’s “super hybrid rice” pr...

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... Activist’s Jailing Spotlights Olympics’ Negative Effect on Rights” Human Rights Watch news release, April 3, 2008, http://china.hrw.org/press/news_release/china_activist_s_jailing_spotlights_olympics_negative_effect_on_rights. ... China and has a population of 49 million people. Bordering on Vietnam and China’s Yunnan province, Guangxi is a hotspot for illicit drugs and has a high rate o...

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... 107 xiii Tables 5.1. China’s Free Trade Agreements 63 5.2. China’s Membership in Regional Organizations 79 5.3. Regional Organizations Established by China 81 5.4. China’s Strategic Partnerships ... gradually and in relative terms. e United States is both a potential threat to China’s revitalization as a great power and a central partner in China’s realization of this...

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... than China’s when compared to their respective economic sizes, as indicated by total money supply. China’s reserve accumulation, in this light, does not appear excessive. How Large is China’s ... Figure 2. China’s Export and Import Trends in Log Form, 1999-2007 Data in log form such as these indicate the rate of growth by the slope of the line. Hence, in 2001, the year of China’...

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... Rawski edit China’s Great Economic Transformation, Cambridge University Press, pp 27–67. Hofman, B and L Kuijs (2008): “Balancing China’s growth”, in M Goldstein and N Lardy edit Debate China’s ... sector. 4.1 Corporate saving China’s corporate saving doubled from 12% of GDP in 1992 to a peak of 24% in 2004, but has since trended down to 19% in 2008 when China’s current account...

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... 4, 61-70, Commentary 1 Page 1 of 8 http://marketing-bulletin.massey.ac.nz China's Market Potential: Opportunities for New Zealand's Exporters Xianwen Qin The purpose of this ... the Chinese people risen markedly, but the high level of accumulated savings corresponds to, potentially, even higher levels of purchasing power. As well as a rise in total consumption, ... Del...

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... factors related to water impacts include local water scarcity and infrastructure and enforcement limitations. As detailed above, some regions of China experience chronic water shortages, with ... Environmental and Public Affairs, http://www.ipe.org.cn/ 4) World Bank 2009 Report, Addressing China’s Water Scarcity, ‖ http://www- wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSConten...

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