Yan Wang | World Bank Institute (WBI)

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Yan Wang

World Bank Institute

Dr. Yan Wang is Research Coordinator for the OECD-DAC-China Study Group and Senior Economist at WBI, World Bank Office, Beijing. Yan Wang joined the Bank in 1993 as an Economist in EAPVP. In this capacity she contributed to a number of regional studies including Managing Capital Flows in East Asia, and China: Old Age Security: Pension System Reform. Wang subsequently joined WBI as a Senior Economist, where she has served as TTL for a range of research and training programs in the fields of finance, and investment climate. In the past few years, a key focus of her work has been on South-South learning. She served as co-TTL for the 2004 Global Conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction. Most recently, she served as Program Leader for WBI's Investment Climate program.

She has authored /coauthored a number of publications including "Corporate Governance among China’s Stock-holding Companies","The Quality of Growth: Fiscal Policy for Better Results" 2008; "Sources of China’s Economic Growth 1952-2000," and "The Quality of Growth" (2000). She has received several awards including the SUN Yefang Award in Economics (the highest award in economics in China).

She holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, and taught economics as an assistant professor before joining the World Bank. 
 
Read her article on China's International Poverty Reduction Center as a Platform for South-South Learning.