Fan Yang
Fan Yang is an international development consultant whose work spans economic research, project evaluation, and innovative risk financing – most recently at the World Bank. Her evolving interests lie in exploring the inner dimensions of socio-economic development and crafting integrative approaches that weave together diverse knowledge systems with ecological awareness. A quantitative analyst by training, she previously worked in insurance analytics and catastrophe modeling at AIG and TransRe in New York. She is committed to promoting the power of transformative arts and culture, and to fostering the emergence of commons-oriented societies and regenerative financial systems that support holistic well-being.
Position Paper | A Commons-Based Architecture for Climate Finance
Journal Article
Drawing from systems thinking, indigenous stewardship models, and emerging legal innovations (such as rights of nature and intergenerational governance), the author outlines pathways toward a multi-level trust structure that redistributes authority, redefines prosperity, and embeds long-term ecological resilience at the core of global governance.
Toward an Eco-Social Contract for Regenerative Futures
Journal Article
This essay introduces the eco-social contract as a visionary governance framework that integrates power, transaction, and care across state, market, and commons. In contrast to fragmented, transactional development approaches, it emphasizes relational processes, civic agency, and bioregional stewardship.