The Urbanization-Poverty-Inequality Triangle in Asia and the Pacific (RDTA 8522)
Workshop on the Comparative Study on Urbanization in the People’s Republic of China and India
20-21 September, Wuhan, PRC
Day 1 – 20 September 2014
Morning session
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:30 Opening session
Session 1 Project overview
Chair: Guanghua Wan, Asian Development Bank
9:30 – 9:55 Urbanization in Asia: The Roles of Markets and Government
Lu Ming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University
9:55 – 10:10 Discussant: Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India
10:10 – 10:40 Discussion
Session 2 Urban systems, urbanization and rural development
Chair: Chen Jie, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Urban systems
10:50 – 11:15 Chen Zhao, Fudan University
11:15 – 11:40 Om Mathur, Institute of Social Sciences
Urbanization and rural development
11:40 – 12:05 Kala Sridhar, Institute for Social and Economic Change
12:05 – 12:35 Discussion
Afternoon session
Session 3 Rural-urban poverty linkages
Chair: Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India
Rural-urban poverty linkages: an overview
1:45 – 2:00 Jörn Brömmelhörster, Asian Development Bank
Poverty and inequality in urbanization
2:00 – 2:25 Zhang Yuan, Fudan University
2:25 – 2:50 Arup Mitra, Institute of Economic Growth
2:50 – 3:20 Discussion
Session 4 Infrastructure and environment
Chair: Om Mathur, Institute of Social Sciences
Congestion and pollution
3:30– 3:55 Zheng Siqi, Tsinghua University
3:55 – 4:20 Surender Kumar, University of Delhi
Infrastructure development
4:20 – 4:45 Sandip Sarkar, Institute for Human Development
4:45 – 5:10 Li Zhigang, Southwestern University of Economics and Finance
5:10 – 5:40 Discussion
Day 2 – 21 September 2014
Morning session
Session 5 Capital flow and FDI
Chair: Kala Sridhar, Institute for Social and Economic Change
8:30 – 8:55 Om Mathur, Institute of Social Sciences
8:55 – 9:20 Liu Dan, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
9:20 – 9:50 Discussion
Session 6 Migration and human capital
Chair: Chen Zhao, Fudan University
Migration
10:00 – 10:25 Arup Mitra, Institute of Economic Growth
10:25 – 10:50 Lu Ming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University
Human capital
10:50 – 11:15 Surender Kumar, University of Delhi
11:15 – 11:40 Sandip Sarkar, Institute for Human Development
11:40 – 12:05 Xing Chunbing, Beijing Normal University
12:05 – 12:35 Discussion
Afternoon session
Session 7 Land and housing
Chair: Surender Kumar, University of Delhi
1:45 – 2:10 Chen Jie, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
2:10 – 2:35 Li Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University
2:35 – 3:00 Darshini Mahadevia, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University
3:00 – 3:30 Discussion
Session 8 Summary and future direction
3:30 – 3:45 Guanghua Wan, Asian Development Bank
3:45 – 4:00 Lu Ming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University
4:00 – 4:30 Closing session
