Roundtable with Guanghua Wan, Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank

August 30, 2012 • 6:00 – 7:30 pm EDT

"Inequality in China 1978-2010: Trends, Causes, and Policy Options"

The Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS hosts a roundtable conversation on "Inequality in China 1978-2010: Trends, Causes and Policy Options"

With

Guanghua Wan
Principal Economist
Asian Development Bank

Moderated by

Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Chairholder
CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies

This event will be on the record.

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Dr. Guanghua Wan is the Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank. Previously, he was Senior Economist at the United Nations and taught in a number of universities in Australia and China. As an honorary professor of over ten top institutions in China, including Fudan and Zhejiang Universities, Dr. Wan is among the top 10% economists globally and top 5% in Asia according to the latest ranking of REPEC.

Dr. Wan's latest paper, "Inequality in China 1978-2010: Trends, Causes and Policy Options" discusses how income inequality at the regional and household level in China has evolved over time and analyzes drivers that contribute to the rising inequality.