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INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH CONFERENCE |
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The last two decades have
seen unprecedented change in China as economic reform has generated substantial
growth and increasing standards of living, including a substantial decline in
absolute poverty in China as a whole. At the same time, there has been rising
inequality of income between and within regions increasing unemployment, and
concerns about heightened vulnerability to risk at the household level. The
reforms have abolished the old cradle to grave social welfare system and left
China with the need to design a new welfare system to cope with the new environment.
This conference is designed to bring together economists and policy makers who
work in the field of labour market and social welfare reform in China. It provides
a unique opportunity for researchers from different universities and countries
to interact with Chinese policy makers. It will utilise the latest data to focus
on the changes that have taken place and to investigate their causes. It will
speculate on future changes and analyse the design of appropriate welfare systems
for this stage of China’s economic development.
The World Bank will contribute a session on issues likely to be addressed in
the forthcoming China Poverty Assessment. Dr Martin Ravallion, Research Manager
of the World Bank Development Research Group will deliver the Keynote Address
which will be presented as the Public Lecture How Are the World’s
Poor Faring in the Current Era of Globalisation? to be held on Thursday
26 August, 5.30pm-6.30pm. (See
separate flier for details.)
Mr Jiange Li, Vice president of the Development Research Center of State Council
will speak about issues related to Social Welfare Reform in China.
Conference organised
by the
Centre for Income and Labour Dynamics in Asia (CILDA) ANU
Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies ANU
Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences ANU
Convenors: Dr Xin Meng and Professor Bob Gregory
