”)Īng then highlighted three key facts about China’s path to rapid, unprecedented development – lifting 800 million people out of poverty in just one generation. While this vicious cycle is concerning, she contended that encouraging poorer countries to adopt governance arrangements that rich countries now have – “getting to Denmark” – often makes things worse (citing Woolcock and Pritchett’s paper, “ When the Solution is the Problem.
to hear about how innovation, learning and adaptation can be fostered in contexts that are far from openĪng opened her remarks by presenting the poverty trap: the notion that poor countries are poor because of their weak institutions, and that they have weak institutions because they are poor.to reflect on the implications of China’s experience for the “Good Governance” agenda.to better understand the amazing progress China has made in reducing poverty.Moderator Alan Hudson kicked off the event by noting three reasons he was excited to hear from Yuen: This was accompanied by a rich panel discussion with commentators Edouard Al-Dahdah from the World Bank and Shanthi Kalathil from the National Endowment for Democracy.Īng’s book has begun to make waves in our field (see book reviews from Yongmei Zhou, Michael Woolcock, Lant Pritchett, and Duncan Green ), and we were excited to convene a discussion to help continue the conversation forward. Last Thursday September 14th, we at Global Integrity and the Open Gov Hub were pleased to host Professor Yuen Yuen Ang for an event about her groundbreaking book, How China Escaped the Poverty Trap.
Nada Zohdy, Open Gov Hub Director and Alan Hudson, Global Integrity Executive Director
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