High Speed Rail, Entrepreneurship, Civil Society, and Income Inequality in China

This project focuses on the study of three important phenomena associated with China’s urbanization: transport infrastructure development, income inequality, and civil society growth. This will contribute to understanding the relationship between urbanization, civil society, and income inequality. It has strong policy implications for economic development, inclusive growth, and social justice. Since many developing countries follow China’s growth trajectory on building traffic infrastructure to stimulate economic growth, our findings will help policymakers better understand the effect of infrastructure development on inequality and the important mediating role of civil society.