The segmentation of the social protection system in China renders the system not only inequitable but inefficient.Those employed in the public sector,particularly civil servants,are"overprotected",while workers in t...The segmentation of the social protection system in China renders the system not only inequitable but inefficient.Those employed in the public sector,particularly civil servants,are"overprotected",while workers in the non-public sector,especially farmers and rural migrant workers,are"under-protected".The segmented pension system impedes labor mobility while increasing administrative costs.Policies aimed at developing the new rural cooperative medical system and new rural old-age insurance scheme,as well as policies aimed at encouraging migrant workers to participate in urban social insurance programs,help improve the equity of social protection.Howere,competition between different local governments to win the "welfae crown" and the heavy brden placed on local finance caused by welface overspending has been hurting the sustainability of social protection programs.The following measures are suggested to address these problems;First,cease using social insurance coverage as an indicator of work performance for government officials;second,enhance the responsibility of the central government in social expenditure while increasing public transfers to less-developed regions in order to improve social assistance and merit goods provision;third,integrate or reorganized various sgements into one entity under each insurance program,with the purpose of eventually eliminating the segmentation problem in China's social protection system.展开更多
Development of a low-carbon economy and reduction of carbon emissions is the trend of future global socio-economic change, and the only way to mitigate climate change under the frame- work of sustainable development. ...Development of a low-carbon economy and reduction of carbon emissions is the trend of future global socio-economic change, and the only way to mitigate climate change under the frame- work of sustainable development. Based on the concept of a low-carbon economy, the author at- tempts to find a way for underdeveloped regions, which can satisfy their own development without increasing the pressure on the local environment. Taking Guizhou Suiyang as an example, the solar power designed in the land application provides a solve the issue of power supply. low-carbon case study of underdeveloped areas to solve the issue of power supply.展开更多
文摘The segmentation of the social protection system in China renders the system not only inequitable but inefficient.Those employed in the public sector,particularly civil servants,are"overprotected",while workers in the non-public sector,especially farmers and rural migrant workers,are"under-protected".The segmented pension system impedes labor mobility while increasing administrative costs.Policies aimed at developing the new rural cooperative medical system and new rural old-age insurance scheme,as well as policies aimed at encouraging migrant workers to participate in urban social insurance programs,help improve the equity of social protection.Howere,competition between different local governments to win the "welfae crown" and the heavy brden placed on local finance caused by welface overspending has been hurting the sustainability of social protection programs.The following measures are suggested to address these problems;First,cease using social insurance coverage as an indicator of work performance for government officials;second,enhance the responsibility of the central government in social expenditure while increasing public transfers to less-developed regions in order to improve social assistance and merit goods provision;third,integrate or reorganized various sgements into one entity under each insurance program,with the purpose of eventually eliminating the segmentation problem in China's social protection system.
文摘Development of a low-carbon economy and reduction of carbon emissions is the trend of future global socio-economic change, and the only way to mitigate climate change under the frame- work of sustainable development. Based on the concept of a low-carbon economy, the author at- tempts to find a way for underdeveloped regions, which can satisfy their own development without increasing the pressure on the local environment. Taking Guizhou Suiyang as an example, the solar power designed in the land application provides a solve the issue of power supply. low-carbon case study of underdeveloped areas to solve the issue of power supply.