EVENTO

Keynote Speaker: Professor Justin Lin, Peking University*

Discussant: Professor Renato Garcia, University of Campinas**

Chair: Professor Antonio Carlos Diegues Junior, University of Campinas ***

Date: September 15th at 9 am

Youtube: https://youtu.be/_GWoX1Oo2yQ

Lecture language: English

* Justin Yifu LIN is Dean of Institute of New Structural Economics, Dean of Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development and Professor and Honorary Dean of National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Mr. Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is Councillor of the State Council and a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People’s Political Consultation Conference. He is the author of more than 20 books including Beating the Odd: Jump-starting Developing Countries; Going Beyond Aid: Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation, the Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off, New Structural Economics: A Framework for Rethinking Development and Policy, Against the Consensus: Reflections on the Great Recession, and Demystifying the Chinese Economy. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

**Renato Garcia is Economist and Phd in Economics at University of Campinas. He was a Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo from 2002 to 2014. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Campinas.

He is deputy-editor of Brazilian Journal of Innovation and coordinates a research project, with support from Fapesp, on the theme "Geography of Innovation". His main research interests are in the subject of Economics of Innovation, in topics such as Geography of Innovation, Local Production Systems and Industrial Clusters, University-Industry Collaborations, Industrial Policy, and Regional Analysis Methodology.

*** Antonio Carlos Diegues Junior is Coordinator of the Center for Industrial Economics and Technology (NEIT). Among its main areas of activity, industrial policy and development analysis stand out in a comparative perspective, with emphasis on transformations in the productive structure.

For further Information:
https://www.eco.unicamp.br/eventos/industrial-policies-for-avoiding-middle-income-trap-a-new-structural-economics-approach-15-09