[Name] Sarah Cook（莎拉·库克）
[Institution] Institution of International Development, University of Sussex, UK（英国苏萨克斯大学国际发展研究所）
[Research Fellow ] Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction, Globalisation
Tel: 44 (0)1273 872544
E-mail: s.cook@ids.ac.uk
[Biography]
Development economist and China specialist whose work focuses on the social consequences of economic reform in China. Current projects include work on social protection in Asia, social welfare in rural China, the informalisation of employment and the gender impacts of economic reform.
[Selected Projects]
- Social Protection in Asia Phase One
- Social Protection in Asia Phase Two
[Selected Publications]
Cook, S., Kabeer, N. and Suwannarat, G. (2003) Social Protection in Asia, New Delhi: Har Anand Publications Pvt Ltd
Cook, S. (2002) 'From Rice Bowl to Safety Net: Insecurity and Social Protection during China's Transition', Development Policy Review 20.5: 615-35
Cook, S. and White, G. (2001) 'New Approaches to Welfare Provision: New Institutional Economics, Politics and Political Economy', in G. Mwabu, C. Ugaz and G. White (eds), New Models of Provision and Financing of Public Goods, Clarendon Press for UNU/Wider
Cook, S. and Jolly, S. (2000) Unemployment, Poverty and Gender in Urban China: Perceptions and Experiences of Laid-off Workers in Three Chinese Cities, IDS Research Report 50, Brighton: IDS
Cook, S. (1999) 'Readjusting Labour: Enterprise Restructuring, Social Consequences and Policy Responses in Urban China', in M. Warner (ed.), Changing Workplace Relations in the Chinese Economy: Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl, London: Macmillan
