Journal Special Issue
The Rise of China and India

Growth, Trade, Investment and Institutional Developments

There has been considerable media coverage of China’s trade and financial activities, on India’s emergence as a technology and innovation hub, and on the commerce and investment interactions between China, India, Brazil, and South Africa and other developing nations. For example, China has been criticized for the US current account deficits and trade imbalances with other developed nations. Also, many attribute increasing commodity prices, notably in oil and minerals, to China’s growth. As part of the Global Development Network (GDN) 8th Annual Conference in Beijing, China, during 12-13 January 2007, UNU-WIDER arranged a workshop to explore in various fashions the growth experiences of China and India, and try to identify consequences of rapid growth in these countries, mostly with reference to other developing economies. The papers in this Special Issue are selected from among those presented at the meeting and focus on, inter alia, trade, standards investment, banking and finance. Potential setbacks in these economies are also discussed.

Table of contents
  1. Introduction
    Guanghua Wan, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
  2. Development Path of China and India and the Challenges for their Sustainable Growth
    Yuefen Li, Bin Zhang
    More Working Paper | Development Path of China and India and the Challenges for Their Sustainable Growth
  3. Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic Investment and Economic Growth in China: A Time Series Analysis
    Sumei Tang, Antony Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan
    More Working Paper | Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic Investment, and Economic Growth in China
  4. Ownership Reform, Foreign Competition and Efficiency of Chinese Commercial Banks: A Non-parametric Approach
    Shujie Yao, Zhongwei Han, Genfu Feng
    More Working Paper | Ownership Reform, Foreign Competition, and Efficiency of Chinese Commercial Banks
  5. Trade Expansion of China and India: Threat or Opportunity?
    Mahvash Saeed Qureshi, Guanghua Wan
    More Working Paper | Trade Expansion of China and India
  6. Measuring the Competitive Threat from China for other Southern Exporters
    Rhys Jenkins
    More Working Paper | Measuring the Competitive Threat from China
  7. The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement -: A Comparative Study of China and India
    Xuan Li
    More Working Paper | The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement
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