Capacity for Regional Research on Poverty and Inequality
China's aggregate performance has set new standards for
a dynamic Asian economy, and policy makers are now turning their attention
to compositional issues to secure a more sustainable basis for future
development. Significant dispartities in living standards and growth
rates persist across the Chinese economy, especially between provinces/regions,
and policy makers need better visibility regarding distributional incidence
to respond effectively. As several of China's provinces are
now among East Asia's largest economies, more detailed insight into
their own growth challenges and their role in national development
is essential for the government.
Mission Statement
With the support
of the ASEM fund, administered by the World Bank, the DRC is developing
research tools to support a new generation of coherent policies addressing
poverty and regional inequality, this activity is delivering empirical
tools and training to a prominent national Chinese research institution
and its regional counterparts. As several of China’s provinces are now among East Asia’s
largest economies, more detailed insight into their own growth challenges
and their role in national development is essential for both public
and private stakeholders. This new capacity will enable the State Council
and other Chinese agencies to better understand detailed incidence
and facilitate more equitable growth, extending its benefits to the
low-income majority of the country. The project includes original data
development, research capacity development, collaborative prototype
studies, and regional training and dissemination workshops.
