Most Asian countries have experienced rapid socioeconomic changes along with the
demographic and epidemiological transition which has necessitated policies on ageing. The …

From 2009, the Chinese government started to promote the policy She Hui Ban Yi/SHBY that
encourages private investment in hospitals. This strategy of promoting private investment in …

Summary The Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan program is a policy innovation in a rural
area of China by loaning savings in social security accounts back to peasants for them to …

Since the initiation of reform and opening policies, social protection for urban workers in the
People's Republic of China has transformed massively. Before the 1980s, state-owned …

The World Development Report notes that decentralization is the main force “shaping the
world in which development will be defined and implemented” in the first decade of this …

This thesis aims to bring China into comparative welfare research by using a historical
institutionalist framework to study Chinese pension reforms (1980s-2010s). The study takes …

Abstract The restructuring of SOEs (State Owned Enterprises) in China produced a great
deal of labor contentions. How to manage the workers and control the labor conflicts after …

This study explores the processes and outcomes of the public policy reforms from 2002 to
2014, targeting income security among the elderly for a segment of the Chinese population …

Chapter three discusses the background of welfare reforms and NGO development in China.
It hones in on the particular accountability issues facing NGOs in China, drawing attention to …

This thesis examines the dynamics of welfare state change in China since 2012. The
following questions are addressed: what is the nature of China's welfare regime? Where is …