The ends and means of development require examination and scrutiny for a fuller understanding of the development process; ... economic growth cannot sensibly be
treated as an end in itself. Development has to be more concerned with enhancing the lives we lead and the freedom we enjoy.
——Professor Sir Amartya Kumar Sen, 'Development As Freedom'
06/2017 - 05/2020
01/2017 - 12/2020 01/2017 - 12/2019 01/2015 - 12/2017 01/2014 - 12/2016 01/2014 - 12/2015 09/2013 - 08/2014 01/2013 - 12/2015 12/2012 - 11/2013 |
Social Science Foundation of Beijing (Early-career Researcher Grant)
- Migrants' multidimensional social integration in Beijing. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, "General Research Grant"). - Rural households' dynamic livelihood strategies under risk and multidimensional poverty in clustered ultra-poor areas: Perspectives from behavioural economics. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China ("Policy Research and Consultancy Grant"). - Joint policy interventions and their causal impact on poverty in rural China. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, "Young Scientist Grant"). - Dynamics of multi-dimensional poverty for Chinese rural households. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China ("Key Project"). - Evaluating the dynamic causal impact of the Labour Contract Law on job-match quality in urban China. Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, Ministry of Education of China. - Forecasting China’s green growth based on provincial panel data. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China ("International Publication Grant"). - Measuring dynamic causal impact of formal microcredit on child health in rural China. Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education of China. - Poverty dynamics and transition in rural China: An asset perspective. Research Funds of Peking University - Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy. - The determinants and forecasts of China's green growth. Humanities and Social Science Research Fund, Ministry of Education of China. - Asset-based poverty and welfare analysis for rural households. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China ("New Faculty Grant"). - The Impact of microcredit on child education in rural China. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China ("International Publication Grant"). - Identifying pathways of poverty dynamics. The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China. - Dynamics of household welfare in rural China. |
03/2016 - 02/2018
01/2016 - 06/2016 08/2015 - 07/2017 02/2014 - 07/2015 |
National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC, "Key Project").
- Targeting in poverty alleviation programmes in China. With Prof. Sangui Wang, Renmin University of China. University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) - Pump Priming Programme. - Multi-disciplinary analysis of poverty and inequality in China. With Dr Katsushi Imai and Dr Xiaobing Wang, University of Manchester. British Academy - Leverhulme Small Research Grant. - Air pollution in Chinese urbanisation. With Prof. Andreas Kontoleon (University of Cambridge). The Faculty Strategic Investment Research Fund (SIRF), Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester, UK. - The effects of urbanisation, rural diversification and migration on rural and urban poverty dynamics and vulnerability in China: A multi-dimensional approach. With Katsushi Imai, Xiaobing Wang, Wenya Cheng, Cecilia Wong and Albert Park. |
03/2016 - 12/2016
10/2015 - 05/2016 03/2014 - 09/2014 |
The Chinese State Council Leading Group Offcie of Poverty Alleviation and Development (CPAD).
- Monitoring and evaluating the progress of development plans in 14 nationally designated "clustered poor areas". UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland. - Evaluating social assistance programmes in China. The 12th Round of Negotiation over China-US Investment Treaty and the EU-China Investment Agreement, Ministry of Agriculture of China. - Specifying the 'negative investment list' in the agriculture sector. |