ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL-DEVELOPMENT IN HONG-KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA - IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL-WORK

This article explores the problem of distorted development in Hong Kon g and Southern China. Market reforms introduced in China after 1978 ha ve been accompanied by high rates of economic growth but they have als o created a widening gap between the rich and the poor. The need for a social development approach which addresses this problem is critical. The article presents the case of the Guangdong Provincial State Farm in Southern China as a case study of how economic and social developme nt can be harmonized. It examines the implications of this project for social work's efforts to embrace a social development perspective in Third World countries.