Governance reform towards "Serving migrant workers": The local implementation of central government regulations

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 193, 2008, Pages 140-149

  Davies, Gloria ^a   Ramia, Gaby ^a  

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Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MIGRANT WORKER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL REFORM; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 40949121496     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741008000088     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Our analysis is based on the following unpublished ILS data: Hunan sheng diaocha qingkuang jiyao (Survey of the Situation in Hunan); Heilonjiang sheng diaocha qingkuang jiyao (Survey of the Situation in Heilongjiang); Zhejiang sheng diaocha qingkuang jiyao (Survey of the Situation in Zhejiang) (October 2005).
2. Wu Zhongmin, Shehui gongzheng lun (A Theory of Social Justice) (Jinan: Shandong renmin chubanshe, 2004).
3. Xin Deng and Russell Smyth, "Non-tax levies in China: Sources, problems and suggestions for reform," Development Policy Review, Vol. 18, No. 4 (2000), pp. 391-411.
4. The World Bank co-sponsored a roundtable discussion on "Public finance for a harmonious society" (20-27 June 2006, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse) in which problems of fiscal accountability and transparency between local and central government bodies were discussed, together with suggestions for reform in the sectoral or regional reallocation of public finance.
5. Our analysis in this section is based on documents from the MOLSS compilation, Guanyu gaishan nongmingong jincheng jiuye huanjing wenjian huibian (Documents about Improving the Job-Seeking Prospects of Migrant Workers) (April 2005).
6. "Circular on further improving the working conditions of rural migrant workers."
7. "Circular on further clearing up and abolishing discriminatory regulations and unreasonable charges imposed on inter-provincial rural migrant workers."
8. "Circular on the abolition of 'provisional regulations on inter-provincial employment for rural labour force'."
9. "Regulations on guaranteeing urban residents' minimum standard of living," (1999) in White Paper on China's Social Security and Its Policy (Information Office of the State Council, PRC) at http://www.china.org.cn/e-white/20040907/.
10. See Peter Saunders, "Selectivity and targeting in income support: The Australian experience," Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 20, No. 3 (1991), pp. 299-326.
11. The new emphasis on public finance reform and accountability is discussed in Bert Hofman, "Public finance for a harmonious society: summary of a roundtable at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse (Beijing, June 26 27, 2006)," unpublished memo, World Bank Beijing. We thank Bert Holman for allowing us to cite this paper.