Resource curse: The Challenge Many Chinese Cities are facing
In this EPA lecture, Prof. Yuan Lei will focus on threats towards the natural resource curse in some newly industrializing area's such as Shanxi in China.
In this EPA lecture, Prof. Yuan Lei will focus on threats towards the natural resource curse in some newly industrializing area's such as Shanxi in China. This is why some policies should be put forward to realize the sustainable development of Chinese resource based cities, such as changing the role of the government behaviour in the market, strengthening environmental protection, increasing investment in education and promoting transformation and upgrading of industries.
Speaker: Prof. Yuan Lei from the Institute of Industrial Economics (IIE), Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)
Chair and discussant: Prof. Mehdi P. Amineh, Programme Director Energy Programme Asia (EPA-InternationaL Institute of Asian Studies), and Department of Political Science, UvA.
Partner: Organised in cooperation with the Department of Political Science, UvA.