Rebalancing Act: China’s Fiscal Reform Challenge
Per Olsson
This policy brief examines China’s inter-connected economic challenges of structural and fiscal reform, arguing that promotion of domestic consumption away from fixed-asset investment could further exacerbate the fiscal mismatch between the central and local levels of government—with increasing local government indebtedness and potential for social unrest if not appropriately addressed.
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