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| | China Urbanizes |
| | Consequences, Strategies, and Policies |
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| image moved | In almost every country, it is the urban |
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| | standards rise and how widely prosperity is |
| | shared, which activities flourish and how many |
| | jobs they create. A huge challenge looms, and |
| | China provides a unique vantage point from |
| | which to observe the gains to be derived from |
| | urban development and to examine the pressures |
| | that it generates. How China manages the |
| | process of urbanization is of vital interest |
| | for the Chinese themselves and other countries |
| | - especially in South Asia - which are also |
| | on the cusp of a surge in urbanization. |
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| | "China Urbanizes" provides just the kind of |
| | cross disciplinary analysis and review of the |
| | latest research that the topic demands and the |
| | stimulus for further study. For more |
| | information and to order the book please click |
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InfoShop events are on LMS, please click here to register.
Friday, March 28, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building
701 18th Street NW
A light lunch will be served
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
CHAIR
Vikram Nehru
Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management and Private and
Financial Sector Department, World Bank
Mr. Nehru was formerly the Director of the World Bank?s Economic
Policy and Debt Department, which covers macroeconomic and debt
issues for developing countries. Prior to that Mr. Nehru worked
extensively on issues of economic growth, financial sector policy,
and the implications of global trends and developments on the
economic prospects of developing countries in China, Indonesia and
Malaysia, among other countries. His latest work includes: "When is
External Debt Sustainable?"; "China 2020: Development Challenges in
the New Century"; and "Indonesia: Imperative for Reform".
PRESENTERS
Shahid Yusuf
Economic Adviser, Development Research Group, World Bank
Mr. Yusuf was the Director of the World Development Report for
1999/2000. Since 2000, he has served as Economic Adviser in the
Development Economics Research Group and manages a major research
study on East Asia?s Future Economy. Mr. Yusuf?s most recent
publications are: "China's Development Priorities" co-authored with
Kaoru Nabeshima; "Post Industrial East Asian Cities" co-authored
with Kaoru Nabeshima; "Dancing with Giants" co-edited with L. Alan
Winters and "Growing Industrial Clusters in Asia" co-edited with
Kaoru Nabeshima and Shoichi Yamashita.
Zmarak Shalizi
Independent Scholar and Former Senior Research Manager, World Bank
Mr. Shalizi was recently the Senior Research Manager for
Infrastructure and Environment Research in the Development Economics
Vice Presidency at the World Bank. In the last five years he has
also assisted the Bank?s China team and WBI in working with the
National Development and Reform Commission, and the State
Environmental Planning Authority in China on energy, water, and
sustainable development issues. In 2001-2002 he was Director and
Lead Author of the World Development Report 2003 on Sustainable
Development in a Dynamic World, which was presented at the World
Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. Mr.
Shalizi has held numerous senior positions in the Bank, and prior to
joining the Bank, worked in private consulting, and taught courses
on economics and on regional and urban planning techniques at MIT.
DISCUSSANTS
Yukon Huang
Former Country Director for China 1997-2004, World Bank
After leaving Beijing, Mr. Huang was Senior Advisor to the East Asia
Vice-President. He is currently editing a volume of studies on the
spatial dimensions of development in East Asia as a companion volume
to the 2009 WDR. Prior to his China assignment, he was Director for
Russia and other Former Soviet Union Republics of Central Asia from
1992 to 1997. He joined the World Bank in 1976 as an Economist for
S. Asia. Career positions include Chief of Bank Assistance Policy
with responsibilities for reviewing the Bank?s overall lending and
risk assessment policies; Lead Economist; and Country Operations
Chief for Asia. Mr. Huang supervised economic and policy work
covering all ASEAN countries as well as North and South Asia during
his career at the World Bank. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Huang
worked at the US Treasury and taught and conducted research at
various universities in the United States, Asia and Africa. His
publications have covered a range of issues concerning economic
development and have appeared in journals such as Journal of
Political Economy, Economic Journal and Economic Development and
Cultural Change.
Pieter Bottelier
Senior Adjunct Professor of China Studies, School of Advanced
International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Mr. Bottelier is an international economist, China scholar and
consultant. Mr. Bottelier worked at the World Bank between
1970-1998. He served as Senior Advisor to the Vice President for
East Asia, 1997-98; was Chief of the World Bank?s Resident Mission
in Beijing, 1993-97; held consecutive directorships for Latin
America and North Africa, 1987-93; was Division Chief for Mexico,
1983-87; and resident Chief Economist in Jakarta, 1979-83. He also
carried out various assignments in Africa as an economic analyst
between 1970-79. Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Bottelier was
Economic Advisor to the Zambian Ministry of Finance, 1965-67 and
1968-70; consultant to UNCTAD on the global market for non-ferrous
metal, 1968; Lecturer at Amsterdam University, 1964; and Research
Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1963.
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