by Chung Him. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-175). / ABSTRACT --- p.i -ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v -vii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii -ix / LIST OF TABLES --- p.x -xi / LIST OF MAPS --- p.xii / CHAPTER / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Setting the Scene --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Research Problem --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Objective --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Methodology --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- Significance of this Research --- p.9 / Chapter 1.6 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.10 / Chapter 2 --- UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE URBAN AND THE RURAL: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Literature on Urban-Rural Inequality in China --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Urban-Rural Inequality: A Discussion of Western Concepts --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Urban-Rural Inequality and Neo-classical Economic Theories --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Theories of Unequal Exchange --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- "The Concept of ""Urban Bias""" --- p.29 / Chapter 2.4 --- "Summary," --- p.34 / Chapter 3 --- GEOGRAPHIC TRANSFER OF RESOURCES: THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Concept of GTR --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Operation of GTR in China --- p.44 / Chapter 3.4 --- The GTR Mechanism in the Context of the Regional Administrative System --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- The Traditional Regional Administrative System and GTR --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Institutional Reform of City-Leading-Counties and GTR --- p.55 / Chapter 3.5 --- Variety Forms of Vertical and Horizontal Resource Transfer --- p.61 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary --- p.66 / Chapter 4 --- OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE CONCEPT OF GTR / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.68 / Chapter 4.2 --- On Methodology --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Measurement of Resource Transfer --- p.72 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Resource Transfer Via the Price Mechanism (GTR1) --- p.74 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Resource transfer Via Taxes and Payments (GTR2) --- p.80 / Chapter 4.4 --- Sketching the Picture of Resources Localization --- p.83 / Chapter 4.5 --- The Technical Problems of Operationalization --- p.86 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary --- p.86 / Chapter 5 --- THE SUNAN AREA: A DESCRIPTION OF THE SETTING / Chapter 5.1 --- Defination --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2 --- Basic Socio-Economic Characteristics --- p.89 / Chapter 5.3 --- Summary: Implications For the Operation of the GTR --- p.97 / Chapter 6 --- ESTIMATION OF THE RESOURCE TRANSFER & LOCALIZATION IN THE SUNAN AREA / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Estimation of GTR1 --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- The Rural Commodity Accounts of GTR1 --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Adjust the Rural Commodity Accounts by the Base-Year Method --- p.109 / Chapter 6.3 --- Sketching the Picture of Resource Localization --- p.111 / Chapter 6.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.118 / Chapter 7 --- GTR IN THE SUNAN AREA / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.120 / Chapter 7.2 --- Administrative System Reform in Sunan and Its Effects on GTR: A Discussion of the Estimations --- p.120 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- GTR Under the Traditional Administrative System --- p.122 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Institutional Reform & the GTRin the Sunan Area --- p.125 / Chapter 7.3 --- GTR in the Sunan Rural Ecocomy: A Discussion of the Mechanism --- p.142 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- GTR in the Agricultural Sector --- p.142 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- GTR in the Rural Non-Agricultural Activities --- p.149 / Chapter 7.4 --- Conclusion --- p.151 / Chapter 8 --- SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS / Chapter 8.1 --- Summary --- p.153 / Chapter 8.2 --- Implications --- p.156 / Chapter 8.3 --- Directions for Further Study --- p.158 / BILBLIOGRAPHY --- p.160 / Cited Statistical Yearbooks --- p.173

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