The Asian experience in rural nonagricultural development and its relevance for China

SWP-757 The Asian Experience in Rural Nonagricultural Development and Its Relevance for China Samuel P. S. Ho WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPERS Number 757 A Background Study for China: Long- Term Development Issues and Options rILL COPY  CHINA Long-Term Development Issues and Options This report is supplemented by six annex volumes published by the 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 here as they are referred to in the text, bave been prepared in connection with the report. They are available as World Bank staff working papers. I 'he Asian Experience in Rural Nonagricultural Developmnnt and Its Relevance for China (Staff rVorking Paper 757) 2 International Experience in Urbanization and Its Relevance for China (Staft Working Paper 758) 3 Alternative International Economic Strategies and [heir Relevance Ior China (Staff WVorking Paper 7 59) 4 International Experience in Budgetarv Trends during Economic Development andc Their Relevance for China (Staff Working Paper 760) S Productivity Growth and Technological Change in Chinese Industry (Statft Working Paper 761) 6 Issues in the Technological Development of China's Electronics Sector (Stitt WVorking Paper 762) 7The Environment for lechnological Change in Centrally Planned Economics (Staff Working Paper 7 18) 8 Managing Technological Development L essons from the Newlv Industrializing Countries (Statf Working Paper 717) 9 Growth and Structural Change in L arge Low-Income Countries (Statf Working Paper 763)  WORLD BANK STAFF WORKING PAPERS Number 757 A Background Study for China: Long- Term Development Issues and Options The Asian Experience in Rural Nonagricultural Development and Its Relevance for China Samuel P. S. Ho The World Bank Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  Copyright (