Introduction
Dr Jing Gu is Director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. Dr. Gu advises government and business in China and Africa and was an invited expert witness on China to the British Parliament’s International Development Committee. She is a political economist with extensive experience in research and advisory work of governance, business and sustainable development. She has led many interdisciplinary research projects involving multi-country teams, including the ground breaking pioneering research on China’s outward investment in Africa. Her teaching, research and advisory work focus on China's international development strategies, BRICS and South South Cooperation. She is a member of the International Editorial Board of Third World Quarterly.
Expert
Dr Jing Gu is Director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. Dr. Gu advises government and business in China and Africa and was an invited expert witness on China to the British Parliament’s International Development Committee. She is a political economist with extensive experience in research and advisory work of governance, business, social and sustainable development. She has led many interdisciplinary research projects involving multi-country teams, including the ground breaking pioneering research on China’s outward investment in Africa. Her teaching, research and advisory work focus on China's international development strategies, BRICS and South South Cooperation. She is a member of the International Editorial Board of Third World Quarterly.
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Financing for inclusive development, Infrastructure, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation, Sustainable Development Goals, Urban development