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David Dollar

U.S. Treasury Department’s Economic and Financial Emissary to China

Dollar, on the misunderstandings that get in the way. Read More

Why can't we all cut our energy use in half? Read More

Dollar talks about making globalization more equitable. Read More

Does free trade hurt the developed world's middle class? Read More

Global inequality and global warming need to be addressed, Dollar says. Read More

Dollar sees improvements as a sign of good things to come. Read More

China's prospects in the next decade are very good, Dollar says. Read More

China's foreign aid, Dollar says, is no different from anyone Read More

Dollar talks about China's rising profile on the African continent. Read More

What route will China's political evolution take? Read More

Does democracy necessarily develop out of economic growth? Read More

Dollar knows it can. Read More

In the last thirty years, people's lives have become more open and comfortable. Read More

Deng Xiaoping's move to de-collectivize agriculture was crucial in China's development. Read More

Does capitalism take the communal interest into account? Read More

The ability to patent an idea, Dollar says, is critical. Read More

Where do theory and implementation diverge? Read More

Is globalization a good thing? Read More

China's main challenge is environmental management. Read More

An evolving understanding of an opening county. Read More

About David Dollar

David Dollar

David Dollar has served as the World Bank's China Director and is currently the U.S. Treasury Department's Economic and Financial Emissary to China.

Before this assignment, Mr. Dollar worked as Director for the development research department of the World Bank, overseeing the Bank’s research on the investment climate and growth.  He co-authored the recent World Bank reports Globalization, Growth, and Poverty and Assessing Aid.  His earlier work focused on aid and growth, and the determinants of the success and failure of reform programs supported by structural adjustment lending.  He has been a key World Bank spokesperson on investment climate, globalization, and the effectiveness of aid. 

He has a PhD in economics from New York University and a B.A. in Chinese history and language from Dartmouth College.

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