Jörn BRÖMMELHÖRSTER Edgar CUA GONG Sen HE Xiaojun

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1 1 30 August 2014 Resource Speakers and other Participants of the International Policy Workshop on Rural-Urban Poverty Linkages (2-4 September 2014, Zhejiang Province, PRC Resource Speakers and Moderators Judy BAKER is practice leader of the World Bank s East Asia and Pacific urban development team. She has held various positions at the World Bank since 1990 working on a wide range of lending operations and analytical work across all regions. As researcher in the World Bank institute she did research on issues of urban poverty, service delivery, and climate change and cities. She has authored Evaluating the Poverty Impact of Development Projects (2000), Opportunities and Challenges for Small Scale Service Providers in Electricity and Water Supply (2009), Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor (2012), co-authored Urban Risk Assessments (forthcoming), as well as numerous papers and country studies related to poverty reduction, the delivery of infrastructure services, and evaluation. She has also been a guest lecturer at a number of universities in the U.S. and developing countries. jbaker2@worldbank.org. Banashree BANERJEE is an urban planner, working as an independent consultant and also as an associate staff member of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam and visiting faculty member at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Ms. Banerjee follows inclusive approaches to urban planning, land and city management, particularly related to the poor. She has been responsible for designing, implementing and institutionalizing participatory planning and monitoring at neighborhood and city levels. Ms. Banerjee worked for international and bilateral development institutions like ADB, GIZ, UN- HABIT, World Bank, among others and for NGOs in many Asian and African countries. She also conducts short international courses on land management and informal settlements upgrading at IHS Rotterdam. In India, she is associated with the Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, and the Department of Town Planning of Kerala State. Ms. Banerjee is part of the International Expert Group on Land and Housing of UN-HABITAT and the publishing team of the Asia Cities report. banashree.banerjee@gmail.com Armin BAUER is Principal Economist in the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is with ADB since 1995 in various functions in the operational, the strategy and policy, and the knowledge management departments. He is working mainly on poverty reduction and inclusive growth issues related to urban, rural, transport, and social protection sectors, as well as on thematic areas such as labor markets, inclusive growth, and poverty

2 2 impact assessment. One of Mr. Bauer s recent initiatives is a cooperation with ADB s Private Sector Department on promoting Inclusive Business investments in various Asian countries. He is also the coordinator of the rural-urban poverty workshop, and the focal point for the various cooperations with IPRCC in the context of ADB s poverty network. Dr. Bauer, a German national, has more than 20 years of development experience, a PhD in development economics, a M.A. in Political Economy (1987), and a BA in Administrative Science. Prior to working at ADB, Dr. Bauer was with the German technical assistance agency (GIZ, ), the German development bank (KfW, ), and grassroots NGOs in India (1984, ). abauer@adb.org Jörn BRÖMMELHÖRSTER is Principal Economist in ADB, and coordinator of ADB s Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI), a joint initiative between the PRC and the ADB (based in Beijing) that also co-finances the conference. Before working in the PRC, Mr. Brömmelhörster worked in various operational departments in ADB covering countries such as Afghanistan, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Pakistan. Mr. Brömmelhörster has as a PhD in Economics from Bochum University in Germany. jbrommelhoster@adb.org Edgar CUA is Senior Advisor in the East Asia Department (EARD) at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He assists the Director General in overseeing ADB's operations in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia. Prior to his current assignment based in ADB s PRC Resident Mission in Beijing, he was the Deputy Director General of EARD. With nearly 30 years of professional experience in ADB, he has been involved in developing country strategies and programs, project processing and administration, economic, thematic and sector work, regional cooperation, and private sector development. His sector experience includes transport and communications, power, banking, finance, education, health, and urban development. He served as Deputy Country Director of PRC Resident Mission in , and Country Director of ADB Indonesia Resident Mission in He was also involved in projects on Thailand, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Mongolia and Fiji. Mr. Cua holds an M.A. in Economics and a Master in Urban and Regional Planning from University of Southern California. He studied at the Beijing Language and Culture University. ecua@adb.org GONG Sen, is the Deputy Director for Research Department of China State Council Development Research Center (DRC). He has been working with DRC since Before, he has been a researcher with Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) from 1992 to 2002, and with Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) from 1989 to His research interest includes social security, public health, demographics and employment. He was recently involved in the joint research by DRC and World Bank, Urban China: Towards Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Development. He has a PhD in Social Science from Sheffield University in UK. gongsen@drc.gov.cn HE Xiaojun is Deputy Director-General of International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC). Graduated from the Department of Industrial Economics, Renmin University of China in 1982 with BA in Economics, and graduated from the Development Study Center of Swansea College University of Wales in 1994, received a master's degree in economics. She

3 3 once served at NDRC and Ministry of Construction and Housing, engaged in policy research and study on the economic and social assessment methods of investment projects. In 1995, she joined LGOP to work in integrated village-based poverty alleviation program in contiguous area and the planning for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction of poor villages in Wenchuan Earthquake affected areas. She ever participated in project design, implementation and monitoring in the five poverty alleviation projects cooperated with the World Bank. Besides she has also worked with ADB, DFID, AusAID, JICA, Oxfam, World Vision and other international agencies and NGOs in China for poverty reduction program. She has served as consultant in AusAID supported water management projects in Hebei, environment and poverty alleviation projects in Shanxi, and poverty impact assessment of the World Bank s health projects. After joining in IPRCC in 2009 she is mainly responsible for organizing trainings, international forums and seminars on poverty reduction and development, research and experience sharing with developing countries in the field of poverty reduction and development. hexiaojun@iprcc.org.cn. HUANG Zuhui is the Dean of China Academy for Rural Development at Zhejiang University, and the Dean of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) at Zhejiang University, a key research institute of Humanities and Social Sciences approved by the Ministry of Education, Qiushi (which means seeking truth). Mr. Huang is also Distinguished Professor of Zhejiang University, member of the Advisory Council of Zhejiang Provincial Government, Executive Director of Chinese Association of Agricultural Economics, member of the Soft Science Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, standing Vice Director of Zhejiang Association of Agricultural Economics. Professor Huang is specialized in rural economy, rural development, industrial organization and institutional study. His main research areas include rural economy and rural development, and industrial organization and institutional arrangement. He is responsible for key projects of National Social Sciences Fund and major research projects of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education. He has won over ten provincial awards and published over 200 papers and ten monographs on many Chinese and foreign journals, such as Social Sciences in China, Economic Research, Management World, Chinese Rural Economy, Issues in Agricultural Economy. Arnaud HECKMANN is Urban Development Specialist in ADB s East Asia Department working on several urban infrastructure development projects and technical assistances in PRC and Mongolia. Before working for ADB he worked with various international organizations (ADB, World Bank, AfD, OECD) as project manager for the design/preparation of urban and regional infrastructure and on urban prospective analysis (demographic study, urban and regional study, master plan assessment, mapping) and development scenarios formulation. He has a Masters in Comparative Development Research from the EHESS -School of High Study in Social Science -, a Masters in Human Geography from Toulouse University and a Diploma in Chinese Language from Paris University. aheckmann@adb.org Ulrike LASSMANN is the Director of the China Office of KfW, the German Development Bank, in Beijing. Since 2002, she has held various positions at KfW as senior expert financial sector in the departments East Asia as well as Middle East/ North Africa. Until recently, Mrs. Lassmann headed the division for financial sector development in the Western Balkans. Her expertise in financial sector covers amongst other structured microfinance funds, guarantee funds as well as green financing via banking sector. In

4 4 2008, she set up a new office for KfW in Damascus, Syria and was in charge as Director of the Office until 2011, covering projects in social sector and public infrastructure. Before joining KfW, she has worked more than 10 years at the central institute for cooperative banks in Germany, DZ Bank AG, and has gained extensive knowledge in commercial financing mechanism for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Germany. Graduated from University of Tuebingen, Germany, Mrs. Lassmann has a MA degree in Sinology, Japanology and Ethnology. From 1984 to 1986 she studied in Beijing at the Language Institute and modern Chinese history at Beijing University (Bei Da). ulrike.lassmann@kfw.de Edward Leman established CHREOD in 1985 and has led the firm s consulting and research activity in more than 110 cities in North America and Asia. Consulting assignments led by Mr. Leman include: environmental revitalization programs, climate change risk assessments, calculating city-wide carbon emissions from transport and energy, preparation of metropolitan development and regional development policies and strategies, and economic and settlement planning support in cities. Mr. Leman has published widely on urban and regional policy, including co-authoring two books on development finance and governance. He is a Senior Fellow at the Global Cities Program in the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. leman@chreod.com LI Xiaoyun is Dean of College of Humanities and Development Studies, and Dean of School of Public and Policy Studies, Director of Research Center for International Development at China Agricultural University, and Senior Advisor of International Poverty Reduction Center in China, and Director of OECD/China-DAC Study Group. In 1987, he got PhD in agricultural sciences from Beijing Agricultural University (now China Agricultural University) and worked as policy analyst in the Central Party s Committee s Research Department for Rural Development, and since 1989 he became the Director of International Rural Development Center at Beijing Agricultural University. After 1990, he studied in Germany and the Netherlands for development studies, and continued his PhD study in development sociology in the Netherlands. He holds the advisory post for many institutions, such as Standing Trustee of Chinese Agriculture Economics Society, Deputy General Secretary of the China Women's Studies Society, member of advisory committee of the State Council for poverty reduction, and member of advisory committee for All Women s Federation in China, Adviser of China Association for NGO Cooperation, Trustee of China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, member of the advisory committee of the One, and member of advisory committee for ESRC/DFID in UK, and member of advisory board of Rising Power Initiative IDS/DFID. His work covers development intervention, gender and development, poverty reduction, climate change, international development aid, China s foreign aid, China and Africa, Africa s agricultural development. He received many awards, like China Poverty Reduction Award, Youchange Poverty Research Award. He has been a senior expert for the World Bank, ADB, UN, and other bilateral agencies and international NGOs working in China, Africa, Asia and Latin America. xiaoyun@cau.edu.cn. OU Qingping is the Vice Minister of the China State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOP). Mr. Ou graduated from the Agronomy Department of Northwest Agricultural University. He has 30 years of experience in international agricultural cooperation, international development and rural poverty reduction. Before taking his current post, he served as the Director General of the National Training Center for Cadres in Poverty-

5 5 stricken Areas of LGOP, and was also the Director General of the Foreign Capital Management Center of LGOP. From 1984 to 2001, he worked at the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and China Global Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery Cooperation Company. During that time, he took a temporary post for poverty reduction in Enshi Tujia & Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province. Peter NIENTIED is an independent consultant in the Netherlands working on projects in western and eastern Europe and in developing countries (especially South Asia). Mr. a possible resource person for the paper on Western Europe. Mr. Nientied is geographer-planner by education and also has as a management degree. He was earlier with Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHUDS) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, conducting international courses, masters programs and research. Thereafter he joined a private sector firm in Holland, which works extensively with municipalities in Western Europe on training and institutional reforms of cities and decentralized urban geographical areas. Mr. Nientied Peter has worked in India and Pakistan on informal settlements and continues to work in Albania with an NGO that is working in villages and informal settlements in peri-urban areas. nientied1@chello.nl Paul PROCEE is Lead Urban Specialist in the World Bank s East Asia Department, currently situated in Beijing. Mr. Procee is an environmental engineer specialized on urban environmental and infrastructure management, and manages projects related to urban infrastructure, water supply, sanitation, solid waste, transport, and disaster risk management, including the Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project. Mr. Proceed has recently worked on a joined World Bank and China Development Reform Commission (DRC) multidisciplinary study on Urban China: Towards Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Development. Paul was one of the main authors and coordinators of the Pillar Report on urban planning and spatial development, focusing on developing compact and liveable cities. pprocee@worldbank.org Sucharita SEN is an Associate Professor in the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, at the School of Social Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi India. A geographer by training, Dr. Sen works particularly on land resources and rural livelihoods and employment, on watershed management, and on gender issues in rural areas and cities (she works particularly with migrant children). Ms. Sen (a national of India) is associated to the Ohio State University, the Indian Central Board of Higher Secondary Education, the Indian National Council of Educational Research and Training. She is a senior Consultant for the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, for which she works on regional aspects of information and communication technology in India. ssen.jnu@gmail.com SHAO Feng is Deputy Director General of the Zhejiang Poverty Alleviation Office and Deputy Director of the Leading Group Office of Rural and Agricultural Development of Zhejiang Province. He is the 10th and 11th member of Zhejiang Province CPPCC. He has five years working experience in Zhejiang Rural Policy Research Office. Mr. Shao also acts as part-time professor in Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University and Zhejiang Normal University. Mr. Shao is also the vice-chairman of Zhejiang Sociological Association, the vice-president of the Zhejiang Association of Agricultural Economics, the executive director

6 6 of the Zhejiang Economist Association, and the director of the Chinese Association of Agricultural Economics. He has a MA degree on sociology from East China Normal University, and has won over 10 provincial and ministerial scientific research achievement awards. His book "Balanced Development of Zhejiang Province" was one of best pieces of the 3rd China's Rural Development Research Award in He received his master s degree in sociology from East China Normal University and doctoral degree in agricultural economy management from Zhejiang University. sf @qq.com Ramola Naik SINGRU, an Indian national, is a senior urban development expert with more than 15 years of international multi-disciplinary expertise in integrated urban planning, urban environmental infrastructure and inclusive growth. Ms. Naik Singru is the Regional Team Leader of ADB's GrEEEn Cities Initiative, aimed at improved livability of cities in Southeast Asia and has effectively managed diverse, multi-disciplinary and cross-sector teams. Ms. Naik Singru has strong research experience in impact assessment of strategic planning agendas and policies in urban development. She led the formulation of national urban assessments (NUAs) and authored the Inclusive Cities Toolkit under ADB s Urban Operational Plan She works on integrating the inclusive cities agenda through city-visioning and participatory planning in the design of urban projects at ADB. She has worked with multi-lateral development institutions like ADB, UN-HABITAT, CDIA, among others. She holds a Master's degree in City Design and Social Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Mumbai. She is a published author on urban policies and governance, spatial segregation and inequality in urban development. rsingru.consultant@adb.org N. Sridharan is currently the Director of the School of Planning and Architecture in Vijayawada, India. Formerly, he was head of the Department of Regional Planning at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. He also worked for the Ministry of Urban Development of the Government of India. Sridharan is an economist turned Urban and Regional Planner and Financial Management specialist. He has done many evaluation studies on rural and urban poverty alleviation and employment generation programmes for a public sector bank. N. Sridharan has been a visiting research fellow for various universities in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam, Institute of Social Studies ((ISS)The Hague), University of Paris-7, and university of Cologne and university of Queens, Belfast. His research focus is on urban governance, urban and rural poverty, regional inequality and inclusive development. dr.nsridharan@gmail.com SU Ming is Deputy Director General, Researcher and Doctoral Tutor of the Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance of the People s Republic of China. He became an expert receiving special allowance from the State Council in 1997 and was listed among the first-level academic leaders of the National New Century Talents Project in the same year. As a domestic well-known financial expert, Su Ming also serves as a member of the Emergency Rescue Plan Group under the Office of the State Council, a member of the National Population Expert Committee, Chairman of the Professional Committee for China's Urban Fiscal Studies, Deputy Director of China's Rural Fiscal Research Society, Vice Chairman of Chinese Society for Environmental Economics, Standing Member of Chinese Finance Society, Standing Member of the Investment Association of China (IAC) and Standing Member of China Energy Research Society as well. He has successively presided over the important projects of relevant ministries for more than 60

7 7 times, the World Bank, ADB and other international cooperation projects for nearly 30 times and the projects on major fiscal policies of the Research Institute for Fiscal Science and relevant local government. His main research areas include: Fiscal expenditure policy, "three rural issues"-related fiscal policy, energy, environment and climate-related fiscal policies. He has obtained a large number of research results and had 10 books and more than 400 research reports and papers published. More than 20 of his research results have won the national and ministerial awards. sum216@126.com YAP Kioe Sheng is honorary professor for housing at the City and Regional Planning Department of the Cardiff University in Wales. Before, he was chief of the social protection and poverty reduction sections of the Social Development Division at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok. Between 1987 and 2000 worked at the as professor for housing and urban development. FNairobi. Dr. Yseveral books and numerous articles on low-income housing, and urban poverty. yapksh@gmail.com. ZHANG Wenbiao is the Deputy Secretary-General of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, he is also the Director General of Zhejiang Provincial Office of Agricultural Affairs since He has vast experience working at local governments in Zhejiang, including Yuhuan County, Wenling Municipality, Sanmen County and Quzhou Municipality. Zhou Xianghong is Professor in the Department of Public Administration of Tongji University. She specializes in the fields of public affairs management, public policy, health care and health policy. Zhou has been in charge of various research projects, including an evaluation on the poverty impact of drinking water security and environmental sanitation in rural areas of Western China, a study on anti-poverty policies in China s cities, a study on environment and health in China, and a study on the influence of environmental sanitation improvements on economic and social development. Ms. Zhou has published numerous books and articles in public policy. xhz7@tongji.edu.cn ZUO Changsheng is Director-General of the International Poverty Reduction Centre in China (IPRCC) since November He got his PhD in Agricultural Economics and has vast experience in agricultural development and international cooperation for almost 30 years. Mr. Zuo worked in Ministry of Agriculture of the People s Republic of China with departments of Institutional Reform, International Cooperation, General Office successively and the Rural Economy Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Zuo acted as Deputy Director-General of Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre, Ministry of Agriculture. zuo@iprcc.org.cn.

8 8 List of Participants Cambodia Mr. Fadane KHIM, Economist, General Directorate of Economic and Public Finance Policy, Ministry of Economy and Finance, HP: , Mr. MENG Bunnarith, Deputy Director-General of Land Management & Urban Planning, Director of Land Management Sub-Sector Program, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning & Construction, Cell: , Mr. VONG Piseth, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Tel: , India Ms. Banashree BANERJEE, urban planner, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam; School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India; Ms. Manju RAJPAL, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Ms. Sucharita SEN, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. Mr. N. SRIDHARAN, Director of the School of Planning and Architecture in Vijayawada, India. Mr. Mrinal Kant TRIPATHY, Director, Ministry of Urban Development, Indonesia Ms. Hayu PARASATI, Director of Rural and Urban Affairs, Ministry of National Planning (BAPPENAS), Mr. M. Zamzami B. TJENRENG, Deputy Director of Urban Structuring, Directorate General of Regional Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Lao PDR Mr. PHOUTHASENH Arkhavong, Department of Housing and Urban Planning, of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport; Malaysia Mr. Razali Bin ISMAIL, Deputy Director, Regional Development Section, Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister Department, Government of Malaysia; Maisarah Abdul Razak

9 9 Myanmar Ms. HLA Thein, Deputy Director, Finance Division, Department of Human Settlements and Housing Development, Government of Myanmar, Ms. NANGLAWN Noung Noung, Assistance Planner, Urban and Regional Planning Division, Department of Human Settlements and Housing Development, Government of Myanmar, Philippines Mr. Oliver BUTALID, Governor, Board of Investment, Department of Trade and Industries, Ms. Florida M DIJAN, Regional Director, Region III, Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG), Government of the Philippines; fmdijan@dilg.gov.ph Thailand Ms. Jantima JONES, Foreign Relations Officer, Planning Division, Community Development Department, Ministry of Interior; mjuntima@yahoo.com Ms. Piyanuch WUTTISORN, Director for Social Data and Indicators, National Economic and Social Development Board, Government of Thailand; piyanuch@nesdb.go.th Viet Nam Mr. BUI Sy Tuan, Head, Division for Social Security Policy Studies, Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs, Ministry of Labour - War Invalids and Social Affairs, Government of Viet Nam, buisytuan@yahoo.com Ms. DANG Thi Thu Hoai, Deputy Director, Public Service Policies Department, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Viet Nam; dangthuhoai@mpi.gov.vn People s Republic of China Government and academe Mr. CHEN Xiande, Deputy Director General, Poverty Alleviation Office of Anhui Province Mr. GONG Sen, Deputy Director for Research Department of China State Council Development Research Center (DRC), gongsen@drc.gov.cn Mr. HUI Zhenjiang, Deputy Director, Foreign Capital Project Management Center of Shaanxi Province Mr. HE Guoying, Deputy Director General, Poverty Alleviation Office of Henan Province Mr. LENG Ling, Deputy Director of General Supervision Division, Poverty Alleviation Office of Hunan Province. Mr. LI Xiaoyun, Dean of the College of Humanities and Development at China Agricultural University, Beijing; xiaoyun@cau.edu.cn. Mr. LI Yongyi, Division Chief, Foreign Capital Project Management Center of Shaanxi Province

10 10 Mr. LI Yunfeng, Division Chief, Foreign Capital Project Management Center of Guizhou Province Mr. LI Zhengyu, Policy Planning Officer, Poverty Alleviation and Migration Office of Sichuan Province Mr. LIN Yi, Professor and Director of Research Center for Insurance and Social Securities, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Mr. LIU Changyi, Deputy Director General, Poverty Alleviation Office of Hubei Province Mr. LIU Gaochao, Director of Migration Division, Poverty Alleviation Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Mr. LIU Gexin, Director General of Poverty Alleviation Office of Chongqing Municipality Mr. MO Jie, Director of General Division, Poverty Alleviation Office of Chongqing Municipality Mr. OU Qingping, Deputy Minister, State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development Mr. SHU Yu, Director, Foreign Capital Project Management Center of Guizhou Province Mr. WANG Jinchang, Deputy Director, Poverty Alleviation Office of Guangdong Province Mr. WEN Xiaofeng, Director of Poverty Alleviation Office of Guangdong Province Mr. XIA Zhi, Officer, Poverty Alleviation Office of Hubei Province Ms. XIE Ran, Program Officer, Division of International Financial Organizations, Department of International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ms. YIN Yan, Director of Poverty Foundation of Hunan Province Mr. ZHANG Xueqin, Deputy Director General, Poverty Alleviation and Migration Office of Sichuan Province Mr. ZHANG Wenbiao, Deputy Secretary-General of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, he is also the Director General of Zhejiang Provincial Office of Agricultural Affairs Ms. ZHANG Yanxia, Director of Fund Division, Foreign Capital Project Management Center of Henan Province Mr. ZHOU Liqun, Deputy Director General, Poverty Alleviation Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Mr. ZHOU Song, Director of Fund Division, Poverty Alleviation Office of Chongqing Municipality Ms. ZHOU Xianghong, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University. Poverty Alleviation Office of Zhejiang Province Mr. JIANG Weifeng, Director for Poverty Alleviation, Poverty Alleviation Office of Zhejiang Province Ms. QU Zhengnan, Deputy Director for Poverty Alleviation, Poverty Alleviation Office of Zhejiang Province Mr. SHAO Feng, Director General of Poverty Alleviation Office of Zhejiang Province Mr. YANG Yeyong, Officer of Poverty Alleviation Office of Zhejiang Province IPRCC Ms. GAO Rui, Program Officer, Research Division, IPRCC,

11 11 Ms. HE Xiaojun, Deputy Director General, IPRCC; Ms. LI Linyi, Deputy Director, Division for International Exchanges, IPRCC. (co-coordinator of the Rural-Urban Poverty Linkages workshop); Ms. LI Shaojun, Director, Division for International Cooperation, IPRCC, Ms. LI Xin, Director, Division for International Exchanges, IPRCC; Ms. XU Liping, Programme Officer, Research Division, IPRCC, Ms. ZHOU Liang, Program Assistant, Division for International Exchanges, IPRCC (logistical coordinator of the conference); Ms. ZHOU Liang, Program Officer, Division for International Cooperation, IPRCC; Mr. ZUO Changsheng, Director General, IPRCC; CARD Mr. GUO Hongdong, Vice Dean, CARD, Zhejiang University Ms. HAN Hongyun, Professor, CARD, Zhejiang University Mr. HUANG Zuhui, Dean, China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University Ms. MAO Yingchun, CARD, Zhejiang University Mr. QIAN Wenrong, Vice Dean of CARD, Vice Dean of School of Management, Zhejiang University Mr. XU Li an, Vice Dean, CARD, Zhejiang University Media Ms. MA Liwen, Director for Journalist Department, Poverty Alleviation Magazine, Ms. YU Meng, 21 st Century Business Herald, Interpreters Mr. QU Qiang, Mr. GU Haibing Volunteers / Administrative support Ms. JIANG Ye, Ms. XIA Huiyan,

12 12 Development Partners ADB Ms. Irene BAIN, Social Development Officer, Beijing office, ADB; Mr. Armin BAUER, Principal Economist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB (coordinator of the Rural-Urban Poverty Linkages workshop); Mr. Jörn BRÖMMELHÖRSTER, Principal Economist, coordinator of the Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI), ADB; Mr. Ed CUA, Senior Adviser, East Asia Department, ADB; Mr. Januar HAKIM, Senior Portfolio Management Specialist, ADB's Resident Mission in Cambodia Mr. Arnaud HECKMANN, Senior Urban Development Specialist, East Asia Department, ADB; Ms. Sushma KOTAGIRI, Social Development Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, ADB; Ms. Xin Zhang (Emily), Assistant, Workshop Coordinator, Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative, ADB office in Beijing JICA: Mr. Suguru MIYAZAKI, Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) China Office; Ms. ZHANG Yang, Assistant representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA), China Office; KfW: Ms. Ulrike LASSMANN, Country Director for China, KfW office in Beijing; Ms. PANG, Deputy Country Director, KfW, China office UNDP Mr. CHEN Hoi-Wai (Jackie), National Economist, UNDP, Beijing Switzerland Ms. Patrizia PALMIERO, Regional Counsellor, Environment, Development and Humanitarian Aid Division, Swiss Embassy; Ms. Monique Stéphanie BOLLI, Junior Project Officer, Development and Humanitarian Division, embassy of Switzerland; World Bank Ms. Judy BAKER, Practice Leader, Urban Development Team, World Bank; Mr. Paul PROCEE, Lead Urban Specialist, World Bank Beijing Ms. Gayatri SINGH, Urban and Social Development Specialist, East Asia and Pacific Department, the World Bank; Ms. ZHOU Meixiang, Social Development Specialist, World Bank Beijing Office,

13 13 Other experts Mr. Edward LEMAN, President of CHREOD, Toronto, Canada; Mr. Peter NIENTIED, consultant, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHUDS) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Peter Nientied Ms. Ramola Naik SINGRU, senior urban development consultant; Mr. YAP Kioe Sheng, former ESCAP, honorary professor for housing, Cardiff University, Wales, UK; Film team Ms. Jennifer LIU; Mr. Peter KALKSMAN; Mr. Steve NETTLETON;