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The DAC Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET) and the government of China organized a workshop at OECD headquarters on February 21 to review China’s experience with reducing poverty. Several lessons on promoting pro-poor growth in Africa were drawn from this experience.
Since the late 1970s, China has learnt much from the successes and failures of its diverse local initiatives and many of these lessons can be applied in Africa, despite the political, socio-cultural and demographic differences. China’s experience confirms that the pattern and pace of growth matters and the participation of all social forces, in particular the empowerment of poor women and men, plays an important role in sustainable development. The participants in the workshop concluded that increasing cooperation between the DAC members and China is beneficial for both sides; they proposed a number of concrete measures to increase this cooperation.
Workshop Agenda
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10:00 -
10:15
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Opening and Welcome
Thelma Askey (Deputy Secretary General, OECD)
Ma She (Minister Counselor, Embassy of China)
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Session 1: Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth Strategies in China
How did China develop its rural poverty reduction and pro-poor growth strategies, what combination of efforts was most effective, what are the current challenges (e.g. inequality, rural – urban migration) and how is China tackling these?
Chair: Eckhard Deutscher, DAC Chair
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Session 2: China’s Development Co-operation with African Countries
How is China’s development cooperation with African countries benefiting from her own positive experience in poverty reduction; what lessons from China’s own policies and experience can be transferred to Africa?
Chair: Pierre Jacquet, POVNET Chair
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Session 3: Panel Discussion
- How can POVNET members cooperate with China, in particular the IPRCC, to make poverty reduction in Africa more effective?
- In what areas are the POVNET’s policy recommendations on pro-poor growth commensurate with China’s development policies in Africa? What is the way forward?
- How can effective partnerships be promoted?
Chair: Pierre Jacquet, POVNET Chair
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16:30 -
18:00
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Panel perspectives
Jean-Michel Debrat (Deputy Chief Executive, Officer of Agence française de développement)
Huang Chengwei (IPRCC)
Bereket Kebede (School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia)
Li Xiaoyun (CORD, CIAD)
Ana Revenga (Director, Poverty Reduction and Development Effectiveness, World Bank)
Uwe Wissenbach (Principal Administrator, Directorate-General of Development and Relations with ACP States, EC)
Wang Guoliang (LGOPAD) |
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