China Urbanizes
Consequences, Strategies, and Policies
In almost every country, it is the urban economy that drives growth and
development. Urban dynamics, policies and institutions have a large bearing on
how quickly living 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.
"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 here.
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
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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