International experience in urbanization and its relevance for China

SWP758 International Experience in Urbanization and Its Relevance for China John Vernon Henderson WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPERS Number 758 A Background Study for China: Long-Term Development Issues and Options HG 3881.5 --o 'r 7 1cZ7 M7rP . W57 W67 FILE COPY U R B3A N14-AJ4V1 u- l  6 cHIN. Long-Term Development Issues and Options This report is supplemented by six annex volumes publisbed by tbe World Bank: I China: Issues and Prospects in Education 2 China: Agriculture to the Year 2000 3 China: The Energy Sector 4 China: Economic Model and Projections 5 China: Economic Structure in International Perspective 6 China: The Transport Sector In addition, nine background papers, numbered bere as tbey are referred to in tbe text, bave been prepared in connection witb tbe report. They are available as World Bank staff working papers. I The Asian Experience in Rural Nonagricultural Development and Its Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 757) 2 International Experience in Urbanization and Its Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 758) 3 Alternative International Economic Strategies and Their Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 759) 4 International Experience in Budgetary Trends during Economic Development and Their Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 760) 5 Productivity Growth and Technological Change in Chinese Industry (Staff Working Paper 761) 6 Issues in the Technological Development of China's Electronics Sector (Staff Working Paper 762) 7 The Environment for Technological Change in Centrally Planned Economies (Staff Working Paper 718) 8 Managing Technological Development: Lessons from the Newly Industrializing Countries (Staff Working Paper 717) 9 Growth and Structural Change in Large Low-income Countries (Staff Working Paper 763)  WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPERS Number 758 A Background Study for ) China: Long- Term Development Issues and Options International Experience in Urbanization and Its Relevance for China John Vernon Henderson The World Bank Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  Copyright