A close examination of China's economic reform policies in the 1980s and 1990s reveals differences that shed light on motivations for its $586 billion stimulus plan.

Carnegie’s Albert Keidel presented a summary of his working paper on development finance in China.  Nicholas Lardy (Institute for International Economics) and Eswar Prasad (IMF) commented on the paper and Pieter Bottelier (former Mission Chief of the World Bank) moderated the discussion.