TY - BOOK ID - 28976468 TI - Developmental dilemmas PY - 2005 SN - 041549737X 0415362393 9780415362399 9780415497374 1280236728 9786610236725 0203012682 1134231539 9780203012680 9781134231539 9781134231485 1134231482 9781134231522 1134231520 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - S20/0450 KW - China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Land tenure and utilization: after 1949 KW - China - Economic conditions - 2000-. KW - Land tenure. KW - Land tenure - China. KW - Land tenure--China. KW - Land use, Rural. KW - Land use, Rural - China. KW - Sustainable development - China. KW - Land tenure KW - Land use, Rural KW - Sustainable development KW - China KW - Economic conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:28976468 AB - Developmental Dilemmas singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform: the People's Republic of China. The book demonstrates that private property protected by law, the principle of 'getting-the-prices-right', and the emergence of effectively functioning markets are the outcome of a given society's historical development and institutional fabric. Peter Ho argues that the successful creation of new institutions hinges in part on choice and timing in relation to the particular ER -