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Critical Issues Confronting China Series – Behind the Headlines: Rebuilding Fiscal Foundations for Xi Jinping’s Governance Reform

October 11, 2017 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Summary

Speaker: Professor Christine Wong, Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne

Professor Wong is a leading authority on China’s public finance. Her work on public finance, central-local relations and their implications for governance, economic development and welfare in China are widely cited, including several major World Bank studies for which Professor Wong was principal author.

Prior to coming to Melbourne, Christine Wong was Professor and Director of Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford, where she was a Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall. Professor Wong has also held the Henry M. Jackson Professorship in International Studies at the University of Washington, and taught economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz; University of California, Berkeley; and Mount Holyoke College.

In addition to a distinguished academic career, Professor Wong has held senior staff positions in the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Over the past twenty years she has worked extensively with the World Bank, the OECD, the Asian Development Bank, as well the IMF, UNDP, UNICEF, and the UK Department for International Development. She is a member of the OECD Advisory Panel on Budgeting and Public Expenditures.

Details

Date:
October 11, 2017
Time:
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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Venue

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
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Organizer

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

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