Asia Global Institute forum at HKU "Addressing Inequality Through Asian and Global Perspectives" (English only)

Globalisation might have lifted millions out of poverty in Asia – but did this happen at the expense of the middle class in the West?

The Asia Global Institute marks the launch of the AsiaGlobal Online Journal with talks and discussions on findings from the World Inequality Report 2018. This global study takes an in-depth look at inequality and proposes possible solutions for a sustainable future. The Report is the work of five authors including Chancel and Thomas Piketty, writer of Capital in the Twenty-first Century. 

Speakers include:

• Lucas Chancel, Co-director, World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics
• Zhiwu Chen, Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics, HKU Faculty of Business and Economics and Director, Asia Global Institute
• K C Kwok, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, HKU Faculty of Business and Economics
• Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, HKSAR Government
• Li Yang, Research Fellow, World Bank and Researcher, Paris School of Economics

Details are as follows:
Date: February 1, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 12 noon to 2pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU​

World Inequality Report 2018: https://wir2018.wid.world/

AsiaGlobal Online website: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/

For enquiries, please contact Kelly Yuen at kyuen2@hku.hk; +852 3917 6021.