约翰·布里斯科：哈佛大学戈登·麦凯环境工程教授。他在世界银行任职20年，离职前任高级水资源顾问、兼巴西国家主管。巴斯蒂安·马拉比在其所著的银行史上里程碑式的著作《世界银行家》一书中盛赞其在世界银行改革中所扮演的角色。
John Briscoe is the Gordon McKay professor of environmental engineering at Harvard University. He worked for 20 years at the World Bank, where his last assignments were as senior water advisor and country director for Brazil. His role in reforming the World Bank is highlighted in Sebastian Mallaby’s landmark history of the Bank, The World’s Banker.
中外对话将利用一周时间针对大坝的修建问题展开系列讨论。约翰·布里斯科率先开场，他表示中国在发展中国家基础设施方面的投资是一件大好事，这使许多贫困国家从西方金融组织所设置的无理要求中摆脱出来。
China’s investment in developing-world infrastructure is a good thing, since it liberates many poor countries from unreasonable requirements set by western financing agencies, argues John Briscoe, kicking off a week-long series on dam construction.
