FLAUC

Sustainable growth and social vulnerability in Latin America and China: challenges in the Post-Pandemic era

In the first decade of the 21st century, many Latin American countries had relatively high economic growth and implemented public policies which resulted in a reduction in the social vulnerability of a large contingent of their populations. Yet, this virtuous dynamic was interrupted by a combination of external and domestic problems. On the other hand, China has had high economic growth for more than 40 years now, associated with radical changes in the productive structure and the virtual elimination of poverty in the country. The pandemic of the Covid-19 is very eloquent in showing the differences in the two cases, since in China the social consequences of the "coronacrisis" were much softer than in Latin America, where social inequalities, poverty and food insecurity increased substantially over the last few years. Stimulating debates around these crucial issues, University of Campinas (Brazil) and Fudan University (China) are organizing the 5th Annual Meeting of the Fudan-Latin America University Consortium (FLAUC), entitled "Sustainable growth and social vulnerability in Latin America and China: challenges in the Post-Pandemic era".