Adrian Davis
Head of DFID North and East Asia
I have been in China since July 2003. I also cover DFID programmes in Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Previously, I was in charge of DFID’s environmental policy and have lived and worked in Fiji, Bangladesh, Egypt and at the Asian Development Bank in Manila.
Is China a developed or developing country?
Posted 20 October 2009
After 6 years of living in China, I continue to be impressed by the entrepreneurialism, energy and commitment of its people. For young, especially urban middle-class Chinese, their life experience has been overwhelmingly positive. In 1979, per capita income was estimated at $210. 30 years of often double-digit growth has increased that to $3,315 in [...]
