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314 reduction to that of disparity expansion. Chor Pang Lo's study of the Zhujiang Delta, one of the most affluent regions in China, reveals highly differential settlement pat- terns of counties, suggesting enhanced contrast in economic performance among them. Kok Chiang Tan assesses the highly praised "Wenzhou Model" of regional development. He concludes that the traditional gap in socioeconomic development levels between the more accessible coastal and the remote hilly interior counties of the region has persisted and even widened. The last two chapters, by Steward Odend'hal and Gregorg Veeck respectively, are village studies. They are interesting but do not fit particularly well together or contribute to the dialogue that runs throughout the other pieces in the book. All the authors included in this volume come to a similar conclusion that the trickle down effect hasn't yet materialized in China. Judging from the regional development experiences of other developing as well as developed countries, we have reason to doubt that the trickle down effect would ever happen. Thus the policy implication of those studies is clear: China needs a more balanced development approach which not only emphasizes the necessity of deploying production factors to areas which can utilize
Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1993
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