Global Economics Monthly: China's Water Woes

Volume III | Issue 8 | August 2014

As noted in a recent CSIS Simon Chair study, China's economic policymakers face a myriad of objectives as they attempt to transition the country toward a new, more sustainable model of development. One of the most pressing of these goals is a cleaner environment. While much of the international media's focus on China's staggering environmental challenges has centered on air pollution, the greatest threat to the country's sustainable development today is a shortage of water. As with many of their most serious policy challenges, Beijing's leaders know they have a water problem; however, the solutions they are pursuing may do more harm than good...

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Matthew P. Goodman

Matthew P. Goodman

Former Senior Vice President for Economics

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