改革开放以来我国公共基础设施服务均等化研究

On the Equalization of Public Infrastructure Services since the Reform and Opening in China

政府行政的重要职责之一是均等或均衡地为国民提供基本公共服务。基于此认识,本文以改革开放为背景,对我国公共基础设施服务均等化问题进行了实证考察,运用基尼系数刻画了改革开放以来我国各地区基础设施服务存在显著的均等化趋势,绘制了目前我国各地区基础设施服务能力指数及其区域"落差图",最后指出了公共行政或公共财政这双"看得见的手"在保障公共基础设施服务均等化中的重要性及其局限性,并强调了我国公共基础设施服务领域的城乡二元分割问题。

One of the important functions of government is to provide equally basic public services for all citizens. Based on this point, the paper makes an empirical study on the equalization of public infrastructure services since the reform and opening in China. By doing so, the paper demonstrates the obvious trend of equalization of public infrastructure services between deferent provinces in China by means of Geni Coefficient. Then the paper draws the Regional Gap Map of public infrastructure services by a combined service index. At last the paper points out the importance and its limit of public administration or public finance in an effort to realize the equalization of public infrastructure services, and stresses the urban - rural split problem in the field of public infrastructure services in China.