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1 CHINA BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Agriculture and Rural Development Anderson, K. (1990), Changing Comparative Advantages in China: Effects on Food, Feed and Fibre Markets, Paris: OECD in English and French (and Beijing: Economic Science Press for the State Planning Commission, 1992 in Chinese). Anderson, K. (editor) (1992), New Silk Roads: East Asia and World Textile Markets, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. Anderson, K. and C.Y. Peng Feeding and Fueling China in the 21st Century, World Development 26(8): , August. Anderson, K., B. Dimaranan, T. Hertel and W. Martin (1997a), Asia-Pacific Food Markets and Trade in 2005: A Global, Economy-Wide Perspective, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(1): 19-44, March. Anderson, K., B. Dimaranan, T. Hertel and W. Martin (1997b), Economic Growth and Policy Reforms in the APEC Region: Trade and Welfare Implications by 2005, Asia-Pacific Economic Review 3(1): 1-18, April. Anderson, K., Y. Hayami and others (1986), The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection: East Asia in International Perspective, Boston, London and Sydney: Allen and Unwin (also available in an expanded Chinese language edition translated by F. Cai, Tianjin: People s Publishing House, 1996). Brown, L.R. (1995), Who Will Feed China? Wake-up Call for a Small Planet, New York: W.W. Norton. CARD Effect of WTO on Agriculture, Paper Presented at the 2001 annual meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago, IL, August 5 to 8. Carter, C.A. and A. Estrin (2001), China s Trade Integration and Impacts on Factor Markets, mimeo, University of California, Davis, January. Chen, Shaohua (2001), What Can the Household Data Tell us? paper outline presented at the first project meeting on WTO Accession, Policy Reform and Poverty Reduction in China, World Bank Resident Mission, Beijing, 6-7 May. Chen, Xiwen, (2001), China s Agricultural Policies, paper outline presented at the first project meeting on WTO Accession, Policy Reform and Poverty Reduction in China, World Bank Resident Mission, Beijing, 6-7 May.

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