Time: 2016.5.17 (Tuesday) 15:30 – 17:00
Location: Jing Shi Building9406
Guest Speaker: Prof. JoaquínLavínInfante

Host: Prof. Yang Chengyu BNU Business School
Topic：A Fast Track Way to Reduce Poverty

Guest Speaker Introduction:

Prof. JoaquínLavínInfante, a Chilean politician and economist. He is a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago.He is now Dean of the Business School of the Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD).

Contents:

The number one political and social objective of a government, be it local, regional, or national is to reduce poverty. To ensure that the most vulnerable families of the community get ahead. Even though a combination of economic growth, globalization, and new technologies has accelerated the reduction of poverty in recent years, the problem is far from being resolved. Professor will introduce the “Practical Handbook for Decision Makers”，through his introduction we will find how to design a down-to-earth, practical , and effective program to reduce poverty that is efficient in terms of the available budget. What’s more he will describe the program’s stages step by step,discussing both its design and operation.