China’s foreign oil policy: genesis, deployment and selected effects

China is a rising global power with a growing role and impact on the world’s energy markets as well as on the Earth’s climate system. China pursues its development in an essentially non-confrontational manner, a vision encapsulated by the notion of peaceful rise which is viewed positively in the world’s major capitals. Nevertheless, China’s rapid growth represents a genuine global challenge and raises many questions. How is China dealing with its growing need for imported crude oil? What is the impact of China’s rise on the global oil market, notably in terms of oil price developments? Are Chinese actions on oil markets different from those of other major importers? What opportunities and risks arise as a result of china’s growing role on the global oil market from the viewpoint of other global players? In this report we seek to offer some answers to those questions with a review of China’s developing energy policy, of the actions and revealed preferences of its national oil companies, and of broader economic and geopolitical analyses of the impact of China’s growing oil consumption on other global players.Crude oil, energy security, oil security, China, foreign oil policy

The Unsolved Challenge of System Reform: The Condition of the Frontline Human Services Workforce

Outlines issues that compromise delivery of services in the child welfare, child care, juvenile justice, youth services, and employment and training sectors. Discusses the foundation's role in promoting reform

The Emergence of a Private Business Sector in China

This paper is part of a broader research project that aims to analyse the emerging private business sector in China by focusing on three topics.entrepreneurship;networks;social capital;evolutionary economics