China Speaker Series: China's Changing Role in the Global Economy Mon., April 10, 2017 | 5:00 PM — Mon., April 17, 2017 | 6:15 PM Quadrangle Club 1155 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States Sponsored By: Harris Events & The Paulson Institute The Contemporary China Speaker Series is a joint effort between Harris Public Policy and the Paulson Institute to bring a wide variety of China scholars to engage with UChicago students and community members. This particular session will feature David Dollar, Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution. Mr. Dollar's talk is entitled, "China's Changing Role in the Global Economy." Boxed lunches will be provided to registered guests. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please RSVP here by Thursday, April 6, 2017. Click here for more information about the series. About the Speaker David Dollar is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center. He is a leading expert on China's economy and U.S.-China economic relations. From 2009 to 2013 he was the U.S. Treasury's economic and financial emissary to China. Before his time at the Treasury, Dollar worked at the World Bank for 20 years, and from 2004 to 2009 was country director for China and Mongolia. His other World Bank assignments primarily focused on Asian economies, including South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Bangladesh and India. From 1995 to 2004, Dollar worked in the World Bank’s research department. Prior to his World Bank career, Dollar was an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, spending a semester in Beijing teaching at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Questions? Contact harris-events@uchicago.edu. Recent News More news Q&A: Assistant Professor Erin Kelley on Her Work in Program Evaluation, International Development, and With the World Bank Wed., July 09, 2025 University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth Launch New Pathbreaking Master’s Program in Climate and Energy Policy Tue., July 08, 2025 Provost Katherine Baicker Appointed Emmett Dedmon Distinguished Service Professor Thu., July 03, 2025
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