Justin Yifu Lin, a former chief economist and senior vice president at the World Bank, is Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development, Peking University, and the founding director of the China Center for Economic Research. He is the author, most recently, of Against the Consensus: Reflections on the Great Recession.
In September, China will host the G20 meeting of world leaders for the first time, and it could not have chosen a more opportune moment to assume a leadership role. China is now the world's third larg… read more
One of the key questions about China’s 13th five-year plan, which covers the period from 2016 to 2020, is whether the country can achieve its target of doubling its GDP and average rural and urban hou… read more
Though infrastructure projects are among the most productive investments a society can make, existing asset classes fail to provide the structure needed to compete with traditional equity or debt. Tha… read more
Every developing country has a window of opportunity for rapid income growth as it transforms itself from an agrarian economy into one that is urban, dynamic, and industrialized. That was true in the … read more
As China's unprecedented economic rise begins to slow, the country's future growth can be predicted by looking at its potential growth rate, as well as external and internal factors. Policymakers draw… read more
It is time for Asia’s leaders to recognize that the lack of private funding for infrastructure projects cannot be reduced to one or even two problems – and develop comprehensive solutions that account… read more
After three decades of 9.8% average annual GDP growth, China’s economic expansion has been slowing for 13 quarters – boosting bearish sentiment among investors. But China's latecomer advantage – which… read more
Despite talk of a rising Asia, only a handful of its economies have moved from low- to high-income status during the past several decades, and very few countries worldwide have converged with US per c… read more
China’s economy is slowing, and Premier Wen Jiabao suggests that this was both inevitable and beneficial. Whether or not Wen is right, the Chinese authorities have much work to do in laying the ground… read more
While the outside world frets about China’s growth slowdown, the country is pressing ahead with an initiative that will benefit the entire global economy. The "one belt, one road" strategy will facili… read more
