Integrating Environmental and Economic Policy Making in China and Taiwan

摘要: What, if anything, are two of East Asia's high-growth economies—China and Taiwan—doing to integrate environmental considerations into economic policy making? The case studies developed here demonstrate that innovative officials in each have found ways get powerful agencies take account. In China, national the State Environmental Protection Administration local city-level protection bureaus use a rating, ranking, public disclosure program along with an target responsibility system mayors invest improvement. Taiwan, building tough competent regulatory agency simply bypassed government's premier industrial forced latter making. both instances, there is some evidence these innovations working. But both, much more needs be done.