publication
Public Finance in China
Reform and Growth for a Harmonious Society
Edited by Jiwei Lou, Shuilin Wang
This book brings together analysis and insights from high-level Chinese
policy-makers and prominent international scholars in addressing the key
challenges China is facing in maintaining rapid growth and achieving the
Government's stated goal of creating a harmonious society. It analyzes such key
policy issues as: public finance and the changing role of the state; fiscal
reform and revenue and expenditure assignments; inter-governmental relations and
fiscal transfers; and financing and delivery of basic public goods such as
compulsory education, innovation, public health, and Social protection.
For more information about the book, please visit:
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MODERATED BY
Jim Adams
Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
In the capacity as Vice President, Mr. Adams has overall responsibility for
World Bank operations in one of the world?s most dynamic regions, covering more
than a dozen states ranging from the world?s most populous country --China-- to
the smallest and most remote Pacific Islands states.
PRESENTATION BY AUTHORS
Jiwei Lou
Minister,China
Mr. Lou is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the China Investment
Corporation (CIC). He has held a variety of high level posts in China, serving
as Deputy Secretary-General of China's State Council, Executive Vice Minister of
Finance, Vice Governor of Guizhou Province, Director-General of Macroeconomics
Department at the State Commission for Restructuring Economic System, Deputy
Head of Research at the Department of the General Office of the State Council,
among other positions. He has published extensively on public finance, taxation,
banking and monetary policy, international trade and tariffs, inflation, and
economic reform.
Shuilin Wang
Senior Economist, World Bank
Mr. Wang is a Senior Economist in the Development Economics Vice Presidency.
Prior to joining the Bank in 2002, he worked in Chinese government. His last
assignment was as a director-general in charge of international comparative
studies at China's State Council Economic Restructuring Office.
PANEL DISCUSSANTS
Teresa Ter-Minassian
Director of Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
Ms. Ter-Minassian has been director of the Fiscal Affairs Department since 2001.
For eight years, she was chief of the Southern European division in the IMF.
From 1988 to 1996, she held the position of Deputy Director of the Fiscal
Affairs Department of the Fund. She also headed the IMF Task Force for the joint
study of the Soviet economy. Prior to that, she served as Deputy Director of the
Western Hemisphere Department.
Martin Ravallion
Director of the Development Research Group, World Bank
Mr. Ravallion is Director of the Development Research Group. He has held various
position in the Bank, since joining as an economist in 1988. He has written
three books and over 170 papers on poverty and policies for fighting it. He
currently serves on the editorial boards of ten economic journals, is a Senior
Fellow of the Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development, a
founding council member of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality and
he serves on the advisory board of the International Poverty Research Center.
Carlos Alberto Braga
Director, Economic Policy and Debt, PREM Network
Mr. Braga is Director of Economic Policy and Debt in the PREM Network, and
Chairman of the Economic Policy Sector Board. Since joining the Bank in 1991, he
has held managerial positions in the Energy, Mining, and Telecommunications,
Global ICT (infoDev) and ISG groups. From 2006 until recently, as Senior Advisor
for PRMVP and as Head of IPPG , Mr. Braga led the aid architecture agenda, and
managed PREM strategic relationships with key shareholders, bilateral agencies,
and regional development banks to maximize institutional leverage for the Bank.
Prior to that, he was Senior Advisor in the International Trade Department based
in Geneva.
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