Providing Public Goods in Transitional China

Public Goods' Regimes, Social Welfare Provision and China Welfare Provision, 1949-1979 The Provision of Public Goods during the Reform Period Challenges in the Health System Dealing with Public Health Crises and Pandemics Building a New Social Insurance System Poverty Relief and Social Assistance Providing Social Welfare: States, Markets, and Civil Society

Tony Saich is the Daewoo professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"This comprehensive review of the progress in recasting China's provision of social welfare tackles a tough job. . .Saich does an admirable job; this volume (and its many tables) can be consulted as a mid-course resource on the topic for years to come." - Dorothy Solinger, The Journal of Asian Studies"Delivering social welfare service in an equitable and efficient way has emerged as a major challenge for the Chinese government. Prof. Saich, a leading scholar on Chinese social policy, has provided a fascinating analysis of the challenges and difficulties in reshaping a new social welfare delivery system in China where partnership among the government, market, and the civil society is essential. The analysis is both informed and enriched by the author s extensive research experience in China and the detailed case studies of health care, dealing with pandemics, social insurance and social assistance. It is a must read for anyone who is interested in contemporary Chinese social policy issues." - Xue Lan, Professor of Public Policy and Management and Executive Vice President, Development Research Academy for the 21st Century, Tsinghua University.

"The dark side of China s extraordinary growth has been the collapse of obsolete health and welfare systems. Are the Chinese people going to get adequate care? How do their leaders think about this? How do their efforts compare with other countries? What do the Chinese people think about the results? The answers are crucial to China s people, to China s stability, and ultimately to the world. Saich digs deeper, with broader perspective,and more objectively than any previous study. One small aspect, his charts on how Chinese people view the performance of their government, is alone worth the price of the book." -William H.Overholt, Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

"Although China's rapid growth has substantially reduced poverty and improved welfare, widening income disparities and worrisome