Asia-Pacific

Asia's Development Challenges and Technology

Friday, October 12, 2018 | 12:00 PM -Friday, October 12, 2018 | 1:15 PM

Asia has achieved remarkable progress on economic development and poverty reduction over the past decades. It is now considered as the main driver of global economic growth and we are witnessing the shift of economic center of gravity toward Asia. Continued success is, however, not preordained or guaranteed. More specifically, the region has to manage several mega-challenges to realize the "Asian Century." These include remaining poverty incidence and increasing inequality, demographic changes, growing environmental pressure, climate change and disaster risk, rapid urbanization, and governance and institutional capacity concern. These increasingly complex challenges pressure Asian countries to take a more sustainable development path, moving away from more traditional development patterns.

The world is experiencing various technological advancement —including digital and cloud technologies, big data, robotics, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, 3-D printing, blockchain, energy storage, and autonomous vehicles. These technologies will significantly change the way people live and also bring very broad and deep impact on economic and social development landscape. The progress and impacts of technological advancement may be different between developed and developing countries. Will disruptive technologies help developing countries in Asia and the Pacific to solve development challenges or harm their catch-up momentum? What are opportunities and risks posed by emerging technological changes to developing countries in that region? How will developing countries and the international development community prepare to fully harness technological advancements for sustainable development? These are some of the areas to be explored in this seminar.

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Gilhong Kim is currently a visiting scholar in the Korea Program at Shorenstein APARC for the 2018 calendar year. Previously, he was Senior Director concurrently Chief Sector Officer of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department in Asian Development Bank (ADB). His research interests encompass technological development and impact on developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. Dr. Kim has more than 33 years of research and operational experience in country and regional development, sectoral strategies and operations covering clean energy, transport, water supply and sanitation, urban development, education, health and finance. Since 1996, Dr. Kim has worked for ADB in the areas of country economic assessment and country operational program development, corporate strategy and policy development, country field office head (in Lao PDR), sector operational strategy development, operational knowledge management, and promoted technology application and innovative approach. Before joining ADB, he worked for Ministry of Finance in Korea for about 12 years in the areas of economic cooperation and international finance. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Texas, Austin, and a BA in economics from Korea University in Korea.

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Gilhong Kim

616 Serra StreetEncina Hall E301Stanford, CA94305-6055

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Dr. Gilhong Kim joins the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center for the 2018 year as visiting scholar. He currently serves as the Senior Director and Chief Sector Officer of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank. He will be conducting research on technological development and impact in the Asia-Pacific.

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Private Roles for Public Goals in China and the U.S.: Contracting, Collaboration, and Delegation

Thursday, October 11, 2018 | 12:00 PM -Thursday, October 11, 2018 | 1:30 PM

China and the United States both have public needs that far outstrip the abilities of their governments alone to deliver. Zeckhauser and Donahue will discuss their book (joint with Karen Eggleston) exploring an important, and perhaps surprising, shared feature of efforts by policymakers in China and the United States to forge prosperous, stable futures for their citizens: public-private collaboration to accomplish some of each society’s most vital collective purposes. Collaborative governance entails private engagement in public tasks on terms of shared discretion. Zeckhauser and Donahue will discuss the two countries’ collaborative approaches to health policy and elder care, comparing and contrasting with approaches to other activities ranging from education and infrastructure to hosting the Olympics.

Richard Zeckhauser is the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Kennedy School, Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard College (summa cum laude) and received his Ph.D. there. He is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society, the Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2014, he was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association. His contributions to decision theory and behavioral economics include the concepts of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), status quo bias, betrayal aversion, and ignorance (states of the world unknown) as a complement to the categories of risk and uncertainty. Many of his policy investigations explore ways to promote the health of human beings, to help markets work more effectively, and to foster informed and appropriate choices by individuals and government agencies. Zeckhauser has published over 300 articles and several books.

John D. Donahue is the Raymond Vernon Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School, Harvard University. He is also Faculty Chair of the Master in Public Policy (MPP) Program and the SLATE Curriculum Initiative Co-Chair for Cases and Curriculum. His teaching, writing, and research mostly deal with public sector reform and with the distribution of public responsibilities across levels of government and sectors of the economy, including extensive work with the HKS-HBS joint degree program. He has written or edited twelve books, most recently Collaborative Governance (with Richard J. Zeckhauser, 2011) and Ports in a Storm (with Mark H. Moore, 2012). He served in the first Clinton Administration as an Assistant Secretary and then as Counselor to the Secretary of Labor. Donahue has consulted for business and governmental organizations, including the National Economic Council, the World Bank, and the RAND Corporation, and serves as a trustee or advisor to several nonprofits. A native of Indiana, he holds a BA from Indiana University and an MPP and PhD from Harvard.

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Richard Zeckhauser Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Kennedy School, Harvard University

John Donahue Raymond Vernon Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School, Harvard University

Seminars

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Health and Long-term Care in China

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 | 5:00 PM -Wednesday, October 10, 2018 | 6:00 PM

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The world is aging rapidly, and China’s older population is growing faster than in any other country. This demographic transition is a defining issue of our time, and it poses unprecedented challenges for China due to increasing demand for health care, long-term care and other social services.

The health system has not yet adapted to the shift in the disease burden and health care needs driven by the aging population. Although the government has introduced three public health insurance programs since 1998, the benefit packages provide limited coverage for outpatient management and care of NCDs and chronic conditions. In addition, there has been a lack of investment in training geriatric medicine professionals and incorporating geriatric principles into clinical practice.

The higher burden of total cost of health and long-term care is inevitable. How do we tackle these challenges? We will need more innovative approaches to develop multi-sector and integrated solutions to issues concerning the aging population. While the system-level efforts, such as social protection system and universal health coverage, continue to be led by the government, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) will play a catalytic role in adding capacity to ensure the sustainability of such systems through advancement of technology, human resources and innovation. There will be an increasing need for defining the conditions and application of PPPs that are compatible with adjustments to healthcare, pension and retirement policies and labor and capital markets. More importantly, political and public will is key to successful implementation of PPPs.

This workshop will feature PPP Initiative Ltd.’s recent efforts to develop PPP solutions for the aging population, followed by a discussion with experts from Beijing and participants on how to move from awareness to action in China.

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5:00 - 5:30 Keynote speech by Alan M. Trager

5:30 - 5:40 Discussion with two experts from Beijing

Dr. Gordon Liu, PKU Yangtze River Scholar Professor of Economics, Peking University National School of Development (NSD) & Director, PKU China Center for Health Economic Research (CCHER)

Dr. Linlin Hu, Associate Professor, Executive Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking Union Medical College

5:40 - 6:00 Question & Answers moderated by Alan M. Trager

Alan M. Trager is the Founder and President of the PPP Initiative Ltd. (pppinitiative.org), where he leads an institutional collaborative effort using public-private partnerships to address healthcare issues in Asia. He is also the Principal Researcher of the PPP Healthcare Case Study Program, an independent research project managed by PPP Initiative Ltd., with financial support from Amgen Inc; Technical Expert, WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs; and Global Expert, Global Initiative on Health and the Economy, USCC.

Mr. Trager serves as Chief Specialist, International, at the Tsinghua University Center for PPP Research (TUPPP) in Beijing. Trager is the only foreign Chief Specialist at Tsinghua University. He was a Senior Research Professor and Director, PPP Initiative, John Hopkins SAIS before forming the PPP Initiative.

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Alan M. Trager Founder and President of the PPP Initiative Ltd

Workshops

Shadows on the Wall: Legislative Politics in Post-Reform Vietnam

Thursday, September 27, 2018 | 12:00 PM -Thursday, September 27, 2018 | 1:30 PM

Recent scholarship suggests that, under authoritarian regimes, quasi-democratic institutions such as elections and legislatures—the velvet gloves of autocratic rule—actually enable political stability and economic growth. The political economies of China and Vietnam are indeed remarkably stable and dynamic, and compared with China’s ostensibly democratic institutions, those in Vietnam are open and raucous. That makes Vietnam a likely place to find election and legislatures performing their hypothetically salutary functions. But are they?

Even in Vietnam, Prof. Schuler will argue, the legislature’s main function is to convey regime strength and cow possible opposition. Using evidence drawn from more than ten years of fieldwork, survey research, and close readings of legislative debates and the debaters’ lives, he finds that electoral and legislative activity reflect intra-party debates rather than genuine citizen opinion. His results should temper expectations that such institutions can serve either as safety valves for public discontent or as enablers of tangibly better governance. Single-party legislatures are more accurately seen as propaganda tools that reduce dissent while increasing disaffection. That said, Schuler will acknowledge that opponents of authoritarian rule may manage, under certain conditions, to repurpose seemingly democratic institutions toward undermining the regime whose longevity they were developed to prolong.

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Paul Schuler is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, where he studies Southeast Asian politics, Vietnamese politics, and authoritarian institutions. He guest-lectures and publishes widely. His latest article is “Position Taking or Position Ducking? A Theory of Public Debate in Single-Party Legislatures,” Comparative Political Studies (March 2018). Earlier scholarship has appeared in the American Political Science Review and Comparative Politics, among other outlets. He is fluent in Vietnamese and has served as a UNDP consultant in Vietnam. His political science doctorate was earned with distinction at the University of California, San Diego.

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Paul Schuler

Shorenstein APARC616 Serra StreetEncina Hall E301Stanford, CA 94305-6055

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Paul Schuler joins the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center as a Lee Kong Chian Southeast Asia Fellow for 2018 from the University of Arizona's School of Government and Public Policy where he is an assistant professor.

His research focuses on institutions and public opinion within authoritarian regimes, with a particular focus on Vietnam. During his fellowship, he will be completing a book project on the evolution of the Vietnam National Assembly since 1986, which he compares to the Chinese National People's Congress. During his fellowship, he will also begin projects examining public support in Vietnam for climate change mitigation policies as well as other research on the role of personality in determining regime support. For more information on these projects, see his website: www.paulschuler.me.

Schuler's other work has appeared in top-ranking journals such as American Political Science Review, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, and the Journal of East Asian Studies. He holds a Ph.D in political science from the University of California, San Diego.

2018-2019 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Contemporary Southeast Asia, Visiting Scholar

2014-2015 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow on Contemporary on Contemporary Asia

2018-19 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Contemporary Southeast Asia

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APARC Announces New Name for Affiliates Program

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The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) is excited to announce that its Corporate Affiliates Program has been renamed the Global Affiliates Program effective September 1, 2018.

The new name reflects the program’s evolution over the course of its history. In particular, it more accurately describes the increasingly diverse base of Asian organizations that partner with APARC as affiliate members. Our affiliates span a broad continuum including governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit establishments.

“The network of organizations supporting the affiliates program has expanded steadily since the program’s inception in 1982,” says Global Affiliates Program Manager Denise Masumoto. “The new name captures the breadth and depth of those partnerships, which was important for us to recognize.”

Each year, the Global Affiliates Program hosts at APARC a cohort of qualified personnel nominated by our affiliate members, who send their talent to Stanford as visiting fellows for a year of research and enrichment. Global Affiliate visiting fellows get involved in the many aspects of research and education at APARC and Stanford, and contribute to the intellectual exchange at the Center and the University at large. The Global Affiliates Program is looking forward to welcoming 21 visiting fellows for the 2018-19 academic year.

Coinciding with the announcement of the program’s new name, APARC has invited Global Affiliate alumni to join us for special receptions held in Tokyo, on September 5th, and in Beijing, on September 10th. Both events will provide an opportunity for former visiting fellows to gather with APARC faculty and friends for an evening of reconnecting, networking, and reminiscing on their shared experiences.

We invite you to check out our website for updates on both alumni receptions and on our 2018-19 Global Affiliate visiting fellows. For a monthly roundup of the latest research, publications, and insights from APARC experts sign up for our newsletter.

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Yuki Sakai

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Global Affiliate Visiting Scholar, 2018-19

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Yuki Sakai is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2018-19. Sakai works for the research and development department at Mitsubishi Electric Corp., as an electric and electronic manufacturer in Japan. He is a researcher in software engineering and user interface design for car navigation systems. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from Osaka University in 2013. During his fellowship at Shorenstein APARC, his research will focus on joint research and development with startups.

Asia Health Policy Program Assembles Conferences in Beijing on Healthy Aging and Primary Care

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In the summer of 2018, the Asia Health Policy Program (AHPP) at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (co)hosted two conferences in Beijing. From June 25-26, AHPP hosted “Healthy Aging and Chronic Disease Management in China and India in International Comparison” at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing. Immediately following the event, June 26-27 AHPP cohosted, along with Professor Fang Hai, Peking University China Center for Health Development Studies, the “Fourth Annual Conference on Primary Care and China’s Health System Reform”, focused this year on China’s family doctor system.

Healthy Aging and Chronic Disease

Day one of the Healthy Aging and Chronic Disease Management conference combined discussions of chronic disease control in India and China (part of an ongoing SCPKU Team Innovation faculty fellowship) with a workshop focused on assessing net value of diabetes management across Asia.

Research teams from Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, and the United States convened to discuss research on net value analysis of diabetes in their respective countries. The Net Value in Diabetes Management project seeks to develop a method for measuring net value of diabetes internationally–based on previous methods discussed in an 2009 study by Karen Eggleston and Joseph Newhouse with data from the Mayo Clinic for Type 2 Diabetes.

The research teams provided updates to their calculations from the gathering last year and explained the strengths and weaknesses of their data sets, the risk prediction model they employed or created for their specific population, and the cost effectiveness analyses conducted with their data.

Participants included Kavita Singh from the Public Health Foundation of India, Janet Lam from Hong Kong University, Hongsoo Kim and Wankyo Chung from Seoul National University, Rachel Lu and Ying Isabel Chen of Chang Gung University Taiwan, and Kyueun Lee and Karen Eggleston of Stanford University.

Non-communicable/Chronic Disease Control

The afternoon of day one featured presentations by various representatives from provincial and national-level Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in China regarding non-communicable disease (NCD) control initiatives.

Dong Jianqun from the People’s Republic of China CDC presented the “Effect of Community-Based 5+1 staged diabetes management.” This research project–fielded in sites in three different provinces–involved staged diabetes targeting management. Results showed that examination rates for complications management increased. Fang Le from the Zhejiang Provincial CDC presented updates on community management of NCDs in Zhejiang, including the intensive follow-up system for high risk diabetes patients. Representatives from Shandong University and the Shandong CDC, including Dr. WANG Yan, presented “The Status, Problems, and Determinants of community management and control of diabetes in Shandong Province” while also discussing current policy and implementation.

The afternoon ended in a session comparing health care systems and ongoing initiatives for chronic disease control in China and India. Kavita Singh discussed issues in India’s health system, including high out of pocket expenditure, over-privatization, and large health inequities across states and between urban and rural areas. Singh introduced existing innovations being used, including smartphone-based decision support software in heart disease monitoring. Dong Jianqun and colleagues discussed NCD control in China, including the demonstration areas that have integrated initiatives including better surveillance and management of diabetes and hypertension, and prevention education.

The first conference closed the next morning by bringing together representatives from various Chinese organizations to discuss the current state of primary care, family doctor system, and health care reform within the country. During a highly immersive classroom session for the Diabetes Net Value Teams, Dr. Sanjay Basu shared insights regarding best practices in predictive risk modeling.

China’s Family Doctor System

Beginning the afternoon of June 26, the second conference was devoted to China’s family doctor system, primary care, and health care reforms. The event opened with remarks from Zhuang Ning, Deputy Director of the State Department of Health, System Reform Department, about the importance of community health and greater recognition of primary health providers in China.

The director’s remarks were followed by an opening keynote address by Professor MENG Qingyue, Dean of the Peking University School of Public Health and Director of the China Center for Health Development Studies at Peking University. Professor Meng reflected on the role of primary care in the development of China’s health system. Qin Jiangmei, Director of the Community Health Research Center, National Health and Family Planning Commission Health Development Research Center, next introduced the necessity of comprehensive health reform in China as well as funding challenges.

Afterwards, representatives from the Beijing Dongcheng district, Shanghai Changning district, Xiamen City, and Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group shared their experiences constructing family doctor systems within their respective regions. Important points stressed by the presenters included consolidation, maintaining a good evaluation system, and establishing trust with their patients.

The day ended with a Primary Medical Care Roundtable Discussion featuring four directors of district-level community health centers. The panelists answered questions concerning the future model of primary care in China, as well as changes they would like to see at the community and policy levels. The district directors advocated that more funds be allocated to general practitioners, believing that they will be the dominant form of primary care in China. Participants also spoke of the additional need for clearer targets to ensure that primary care providers are better funded (so that, with enough time, patients will begin to recognize the importance of the family physician).

The second conference concluded on June 27 by way of a highly engaging classroom session on the continuing collaboration between the Zhejiang Provincial CDC and Stanford University Asia Health Policy Program.

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Shorenstein APARC Annual Photoshoot & Luncheon

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 | 2:30 AM -Tuesday, October 2, 2018 | 6:30 AM

RSVP required by 5PM on Friday, Sept 28, 2018

Beijing Alumni Reception

Monday, September 10, 2018 | 6:30 PM -Monday, September 10, 2018 | 8:30 PM

Alumni and Friends of Shorenstein APARC are invited to a gathering in Beijing. We hope you can join for this opportunity to reconnect as well as build new relationships!

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Lizhong Chen

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Global Affiliate Visiting Scholar, 2018-20

SanJohn Capital Limited

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Lizhong (Alex) Chen is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2018-19 and 2019-20. Chen brings nearly 20 years of experience in the investment industry including brokerage firms, asset management, fund management and private equity funds. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, Chen was the founder of SanJohn Capital Limited in Hong Kong where he continues to manage a long-term portfolio of stocks traded on the Hong Kong, China and U.S. stock markets. He received his MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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