![--FILE--Customers shop for dairy products due to discounts at a supermarket in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 16 October 2017.Consumers who are anticipating cheaper prices for products during the upcoming Nov 11 shopping festival may not necessarily find them online, a new study said. According to the 2017 China shopping report jointly released by market consultancies Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel, the online prices of many product categories are higher than those offered in physical stores, with the biggest price differences seen for toothbrushes, hair conditioners and kitchen cleansing supplies. Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel for Greater China, said the price differences can be largely attributed to the fact that relatively more high-end products are purchased online. "While Chinese consumers used to shop online for low prices in the past, it has been increasingly noticeable in the recent five years that people prefer products that indicate a better lifestyle or entail more added value," he said. As a result, the sales of imported goods, especially food products and personal care products, have risen significantly, he said. "To cater to this trend, leading e-commerce players such as Alibaba and JD.com have upgraded their offerings on their platforms to meet the demand of the rising middle class and younger consumers," he said.No Use China. No Use France.](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2017-10-16T120000Z_1530122136_MT1IMGCNPBU69615218_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-SHOPPING-ONLINE-PHYSICAL-STORES.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
![--FILE--Customers shop for dairy products due to discounts at a supermarket in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 16 October 2017.Consumers who are anticipating cheaper prices for products during the upcoming Nov 11 shopping festival may not necessarily find them online, a new study said. According to the 2017 China shopping report jointly released by market consultancies Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel, the online prices of many product categories are higher than those offered in physical stores, with the biggest price differences seen for toothbrushes, hair conditioners and kitchen cleansing supplies. Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel for Greater China, said the price differences can be largely attributed to the fact that relatively more high-end products are purchased online. "While Chinese consumers used to shop online for low prices in the past, it has been increasingly noticeable in the recent five years that people prefer products that indicate a better lifestyle or entail more added value," he said. As a result, the sales of imported goods, especially food products and personal care products, have risen significantly, he said. "To cater to this trend, leading e-commerce players such as Alibaba and JD.com have upgraded their offerings on their platforms to meet the demand of the rising middle class and younger consumers," he said.No Use China. No Use France.](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2017-10-16T120000Z_1530122136_MT1IMGCNPBU69615218_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-SHOPPING-ONLINE-PHYSICAL-STORES.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
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2016年6月14日,清华-布鲁金斯公共政策研究中心成功举办“撒哈拉以南非洲地区经济展望”公开讲座。国际货币基金组织非洲部副主任Roger Nord、研究主管Céline Allard先后做了主旨演讲,非洲部主任Antoinette Monsio Sayeh、经济学家Wenjie Chen担任评论嘉宾。讲座由清华大学公共管理学院教授、清华-布鲁金斯公共政策研究中心非常驻资深研究员俞樵主持,塞内加尔驻华大使Abdoulaye Fall出席本次讲座。
Roger Nord首先指出,2015年,撒哈拉以南非洲地区的经济活动跌到15年以来的最低水平,该地区的经济增长下降到3.5%,并且,今年预计将进一步放缓至3%,远低于过去十年5%-7%的经济增速。接着,他回顾了各国在财政政策、汇率政策和货币政策上采取的有关举措。鉴于地区性干旱和各国政策不确定性的加剧,以及外部不确定性因素的存在,他预估该地区2016年的经济增长仍将表现不佳。因此,各国政府应根据国内脆弱性的程度确定政策调整的紧迫性,并采取相应政策措施。从中长期来看,各国要做好以下三个方面的工作:一是要加强税收的灵活性;二是要增加弹性和竞争力;三是要让经济增长更具包容性。
Céline Allard更为详细地分析了对自然资源的依赖如何导致该地区近一半的国家容易受到大宗商品价格下跌的影响。她认为,到目前为止,受影响最大的国家是该地区的石油出口国。相比之下,金属出口国所受影响相对较小,然而一旦重要的价格临界点被打破,会出现矿井关闭和失业的现象,从而对经济活动产生不利影响。她建议,各国要增强财政收支平衡的能力。同时,要积极采取措施提高公共政策的重点选择、质量和效率,完善商业环境,以促进经济多元化并增强经济的韧性。
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh和Wenjie Chen分别从国际货币基金组织的角度和中国的角度对两位学者的发言进行了评论。此后,四位学者回答了现场观众有关外国企业在非投资环境、人口结构变化对非经济影响以及中国对非直接投资等问题。
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