Professor John Taylor delivers the keynote address at the Beijing conference The aim of the conference, held in co-operation with the Chinese Government's International Poverty Reduction Centre in Beijing, was to finalise documents making recommendations to the Chinese Government on poverty reduction strategies.
These recommendations have fed into recent discussions both on China's poverty reduction strategy to 2020 and on the poverty reduction strategies devised for inclusion in the country's 12th Five Year Plan, currently being finalised by the National Peoples' Congress.
Speakers and participants at the conference were invited from many countries, from Chinese Ministries and the State Council.
Professor Taylor's speech highlighted five key areas crucial for poverty reduction in the coming years: the impact of climate change on poor areas; developing welfare safety nets covering both rural and urban areas; the importance of counterpart funding for poor countries; and the use of multi-dimensional indicators to measure poverty levels in China.
During the last twelve months, Professor Taylor has worked with Chinese scholars and development practitioners to produce documents in the above areas, forming a UNDP Strategic Initiative on Poverty Reduction document for submission to the State Council's Leading Group on Poverty Reduction.
The UNDP is a global development network of the United Nations (UN), which is responsible for advocating change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
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