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DESCRIPTION:The World Bank has played an important role helping to improve 
 basic education in western and southwestern China. Education for girls and
  minority peoples is a priority. Despite rapid economic development\, thes
 e interior areas still have high rates of poverty. How does the World Bank
  cooperate with officials at the national\, provincial\, and local levels 
 to implement programs? What are the results of the Bank’s efforts in China
  and what are the lessons learned? How does the World Bank’s China experie
 nce compare with other countries in Asia? Halsey Beemer has worked for the
  World Bank on basic education and tertiary level education projects in Ch
 ina for more than two decades. He also has experience with education proje
 cts in Indonesia\, Vietnam\, Mongolia\, and Cambodia. Previously\, he was 
 with the National Academy of Sciences\, where he managed academic exchange
  programs between the U.S. and China. He holds a BA from Colgate Universit
 y\, did graduate studies in Chinese history at Stanford University\, and s
 erved with the Peace Corps in the Philippines. Speaking: Halsey Beemer Con
 sultant and Former Lead General Educator Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Gl
 obal Affairs\, Co-Sponsor East Asia Program\, Co-Sponsor
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SUMMARY:The World Bank: An Instrument of Development and Policy Change in C
 hina
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The World Bank has played an important role he
 lping to improve basic education in western and southwestern China. Educat
 ion for girls and minority peoples is a priority. Despite rapid economic d
 evelopment\, these interior areas still have high rates of poverty. How do
 es the World Bank cooperate with officials at the national\, provincial\, 
 and local levels to implement programs? What are the results of the Bank’s
  efforts in China and what are the lessons learned? How does the World Ban
 k’s China experience compare with other countries in Asia? Halsey Beemer h
 as worked for the World Bank on basic education and tertiary level educati
 on projects in China for more than two decades. He also has experience wit
 h education projects in Indonesia\, Vietnam\, Mongolia\, and Cambodia. Pre
 viously\, he was with the National Academy of Sciences\, where he managed 
 academic exchange programs between the U.S. and China. He holds a BA from 
 Colgate University\, did graduate studies in Chinese history at Stanford U
 niversity\, and served with the Peace Corps in the Philippines. Speaking: 
 Halsey Beemer Consultant and Former Lead General Educator Sponsor: Moyniha
 n Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor East Asia Program\, Co-Sponsor
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