Juzhong joined Asian Development Bank in 1997, and is currently Deputy Chief Economist working in the Economics and Research Department. From 1992 to 1997, he was a research officer of the Development Economics Research Program at the London School of Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manchester.
Blogs by this Author
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Responding to income inequality in Asia
Published on Friday, 16 June 2017
Asian governments should introduce policies that do not slow down economic growth, but do spread its benefits more equitably.
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Can Asia take the next step to high-income?
Published on Friday, 09 June 2017
Moving beyond middle-income status through sustained rapid growth is the natural next step for the region.
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How to bring about the Asian Century
Published on Friday, 05 May 2017
Asia has the potential to realize the Asian Century, but only adopting bold and visionary policies can help make this a reality.
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Structural reforms to sustain Asia's growth
Published on Monday, 02 May 2016
The right policies could raise developing Asia’s potential growth by nearly 1 percentage point annually over the next ten years.
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Lifting Asia out of poverty needs to be done equally
Published on Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Developing Asia’s impressive growth continues but faces a new challenge — inequality is on the rise. Over the last few decades, the region has lifted people out of poverty at an unprecedented rate. But more recent experience contrasts with the ‘growth with equity’ story that characterised the newly industrialised economies’ transformation in the 1960s and 1970s.