Food Security and Economic Reform

CHRISTOPHER FINDLAY is Associate Professor, Department of Economics at the University of Adelaide. The first year principles course in economics is Dr Findlay's main teaching task and he is co-author of a text book for Australian students. Australia's economic relations with Asia are the theme of his research. A special interest is the reform and industrialisation of the Chinese economy. ANDREW WATSON is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. His research focuses on the economic and political development of contemporary China, and he is particularly interested in the process of economic reform and growth there since 1978. He has published on a variety of topics related to political and economic development in China, both before and after the establishment of the People's Republic.

Acknowledgements - List of Figures - List of Maps - List of Tables - Notes on the Contributors - List of Abbreviations - Introduction; A.Watson & C.Findlay - Food and Profit: The Political Economy and Grain Market Reform in China; A.Watson & C.Findlay - Grain Purchases and Sales in China: The Evolution from Plan to Market; T.Renjian - The Relationship between Grain Prices and Inflation; G.Shutian - Grain Demand; H.X.Wu & C.Findlay - The Logic of Market Reform: The Development of Wholesale Grain Markets in China; A.Watson - Supply of Funds for Grain Purchases in China Since the Middle 1980s; C.Enjiang - Self-Sufficiency and Regional Specialization; Y.Hong - Inflation and the Real Price of Grain in China; G.Johnson & G.Song - The Impact of China's Grain Reserve System on Import Demand; F.W.Crook - Institutional Reform and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China; C.Carter - The Implications of Grain Market Reform for China's International Grain Trade: An Overview; C.Findlay, A.Watson, C.Enjiang & H.X.Wu - Bibliography - Index