Welfare provision in China, including social care for older people, is being stretched and challenged by economic, social and demographic changes in the country. The rise in people’s expectations is creating pressure on government and service providers to deliver more and/or different services.
How China’s social care providers are experimenting to meet the changing needs of citizens
What can development learn from China’s approach to reform?
By Lewis Husain and Adrian Ely At the launch of the STEPS China hub in Beijing this year, there was much talk of learning from China’s development experiences. A key question was how the Chinese government has been able to manage such massive change at a national level, whilst at the same time catering for…