Publication: China : Public Services for Building the New Socialist Countryside
Date
2007-12
ISSN
Published
2007-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report aims to assist the central
government to design a strategy for improving public service
delivery in rural areas, with a pilot to fast-track
implementation of specific aspects of this strategy. In
assessing current public service delivery in rural China,
the report adopts a methodological framework that focuses on
the accountability relationships among the four key
stakeholders: the central government, local governments,
service providers, and rural citizens. The report has
analyzed the role of the four key stakeholders in the
delivery of public services in rural areas, the
accountability relationships among them, and how the central
government guides these roles and accountability
relationships. The report concluded that the system of
providing rural public services is in a process of
transition and that recent efforts have brought substantial
improvements, with many benefits already tangible. It added
that the government's continuing focus on strengthening
rural public services is well justified and that an
additional challenge is that the demands for public services
in rural areas are changing rapidly. Moreover, the
government faces many opportunities but also substantial
challenges to further strengthen the system of public
service delivery.
Citation
“World Bank. 2007. China : Public Services for Building the New Socialist Countryside. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7665 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”