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Analyzing Global Developments: Deng Xiaoping and China’s So-Called Economic Miracle
How do China’s GDP overall growth rates and per capita growth rates compare with those of Britain during the industrial revolution and hte United States from 1850 to 1989? How do you account for any extreme difference?
Why have Deng Xiaoping and his successors been able to resist demands for democracy and maintain the dominant political position of the Chinese Communist Party?
Based on your reading, compare Gorbachev’s perestroika reform movement with Deng’s vision for economic and political reform in China.
Do you think the Chinese are likely to maintain high growth rates over the long run, given the experience of Britain and the United States? Explain your answer.
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Primary Source 21.3 Why Gender Matters (2000), World Bank
Describe the effect of tuition on girls’ school attendance.
Evaluate the relative importance of barriers to girls’ education posed by culture on the one hand and poverty on the other.
What effect does expanding educational opportunity for girls have on boys?