Foreword / by James W. Adams
Part I: Role of the state and public finances
Public finances, the role of the state, and economic transformation, 1978- 2020 / Athar Hussain and Nicholas Stern
Intergovernmental fiscal reforms, expenditure assignment, and governance / David Dollar and Bert Hofman
Fiscal policy and reforms: toward realizing a harmonious society / Teresa Ter-Minassian and Annalisa Fedelino
Part II: Fiscal reform and revenue assignments
Expenditure assignments in China: challenges and policy options / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez ... [et al.]
Taxation reforms and the sequencing of intergovernmental reforms in China : preconditions for a Xiaokang society / Ehtisham Ahmad
Part III: Intergovernmental relations and fiscal transfers
Fine-tuning the intergovernmental transfer system to create a harmonious society and a level playing field for regional development / Anwar Shah and Chunli Shen
The reform of intergovernmental fiscal relations in China: lessons learned / Jiwei Lou
Creating a regulatory framework for managing subnational borrowing / Lili Liu
Part IV: Education and innovation financing
Financing lifelong learning / Carl Dahlman, Douglas Zhihua Zeng, and Shuilin Wang
Strengthening China's technological capability / Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima
Part V: The public health system: access, service delivery, and financing
Financing public health / David B. Evans and Ke Xu
Health reform in rural China: challenges and options / Adam Wagstaff and Magnus Lindelow
Notional defined contribution accounts: a pension reform model worth considering / Jiange Li, Mark Dorfman, and Yan Wang
Realizing the potential of China's social security pension system / Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey Liebman
Part VII: Growth, inequality and fiscal reform
Does the Di Bao program guarantee a minimum income in China's cities? / Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen, and Youjuan Wang
Growth, inequality, and fiscal policy from a historical perspective: are there lessons for China? / François Bourguignon.
