Land Reform: Government Effort in Prospering Rural Communities

Land reform in rural China since the mid-1980s1

Cet article analyse les principaux aspects de la réforme agraire en Chine rurale depuis la moitié des années 80. Il explique le système chinois actuel de responsabilité du ménage en insistant notamment sur ses faiblesses institutionnelles, et expose les hypothèses quant à la nature et à la direction d’une réforme agraire plus poussée avancées par les économistes chinois. L’article analyse en pa...

Land reform, household specialisation and rural development in China

Recent land reforms in China have sought to address fundamental problems with the Household Production Responsibility System such as land fragmentation. Primarily the reforms have targeted land productivity and grain output. However, the reforms have had a much broader effect on rural development as they have allowed a degree of household specialisation in non-grain activities both on and off t...

E-Government in Rural Communities: Issues and Trends

We have been investigating the efficiency and effectiveness of e-government in rural communities with respect to critical attributes such as Internet access technology. In this paper, we present two such investigations: the multi-criterion decision making for broadband infrastructure and the survey results on current practices and future trends of rural e-government services.

Alberta’s Land Use Framework and Municipal Governance in Rural Communities

Delivery System Reform and Implications for Rural Communities

Editorial Note: At its September, 2015 meeting in Mahnomen, Minnesota, the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services examined the changing nature of the health care system in the United States and how rural providers can be included in these changes (known as Delivery System Reform (DSR)) without undermining access to quality health services. During the meeting the Committe...