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18 November 2016
The International Labour Organization undertook an international review of findings of rigorous evaluations of women’s entrepreneurship programs. Based on this and evaluations of their own programs, this presentation provides a summary of policy lessons for programming of women’s entrepreneurship…
18 November 2016
This presentation summarized the findings of a project entitled “The Care Economy, Gender, and Inclusive Growth”. The project was sponsored by the International Development Research Centre of Canada that involved a total of 17 Chinese economists. This presentation mainly answered questions on how…
18 November 2016
This presentation focuses on the People's Republic of China's (PRC) practices in supporting women's entrepreneurship. Policy recommendations are provided, based on evaluations of the “10k Women Project” launched by Goldman Sachs Foundation and comparisons with other relevant projects in the PRC.
18 November 2016
The difference between health care systems and social security systems for rural and urban areas in the People's Republic of China is quite apparent. There is also an observed trend in the timeline of female migrant workers' life history, particularly the turn out of events before and after…
17 November 2016
Gender equality in the labor market is important in its own right and for economic development. There are four distinct and interconnected transitions that should be looked into: the market, the development (or the structural), the growth, and the demographic—all of which have had gendered impacts…
27 October 2016
The rate of urbanization in the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been constantly growing. This presentation shares case studies on urban development financing in PRC and shares some practices that other urbanized countries can learn from.
25 October 2016
Like many other municipalities in the People’s Republic of China, heart to heart discussion meetings as a form of local consultation in Wenling City’s Zeguo township are, oftentimes, exclusively dominated. Local officials consider deliberative polling as a transparent, balanced, and representative…
29 September 2016
This presentation shares the global context for low-carbon emission. It examines the low carbon development in selected pilot cities in the People’s Republic in China, an initiative resulting from the government’s commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in 2009.
Application of Web-based Data Mining in Road Networking Evaluation in the People's Republic of China
23 September 2016
Zilong Wang, East Asia Department intern from Rutgers University, shares insights on the use of web-based data mining in road network evaluation in China. He presents overview of the provincial road network in China and shares the effect of local road network in intercity transport.
20 September 2016
In the People’s Republic of China, different types of higher education Institutions serve different roles in university-industry linkages (UIL). As the nature and outcomes of UIL are shaped by local institutional contexts, it is essential to create strategies that are context specific. The key is…