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Author Scaling Up Capacity Building in Economics Education and Research (2005 : Central European University)

Title Capacity building in economics education and research / François Bourguignon, Yehuda Elkana, and Boris Pleskovic, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 352 pages) : illustrations
Series World Bank e-Library.
Contents Keynote address : disciplines of social sciences : separation or cooperation? / János Kornai -- Lessons in capacity building from the Open Society Institute / William Newton-Smith -- Teaching and research in modern economics in the Russian Federation : the experience of the new economic school / Gur Ofer -- Creating a market-oriented research and education institution in a transition economy : the experience of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University / Justin Yifu Lin -- Innovation, imitation, and adaptation : the experiences of 15 years of upscaling Hungarian higher education in economics / László Csaba -- Capacity building and policy impact : the experience of the Global Development Network / Ramona Angelescu and Lyn Squire -- The experience AERC in research, capacity building, and the development of collaborative training programs / William Lyakurwa -- The Economics Education and Research Consortium / Robert Campbell -- Accelerating poverty reduction in South Asia by scaling up economics education and policy research / Shantayanan Devarajan, Manuela V. Ferro, Shekhar Shah, and Priya Shyamsundar -- Capacity building in economics education and research : a note on the experience on Latin America and the Caribbean -- Mauricio Cárdenas and Guillermo Perry -- Supporting capacity building for economics education and research in Africa / Benno Ndulu, Michael Crawford, and Peter Materu -- Economics education and research in the East Asia and Pacific region : experience and directions / Homi Kharas -- Capacity building in modern economics in the Caucasus and Central Asia / Ulrich Hewer -- Developing graduate economics education from scratch : the case of the Central European University / John S. Earle -- CERGE-EI : the American-style PhD program in economics for transition economics / Jan Svejnar -- Why American University-Central Asia should develop an economics MA program / Ellen S. Hurwitz -- The quantity and quality of higher education in transitional economies / Jong-Wha Lee -- Capacity building in economic policy research : outcomes and future steps / Jeffrey Fine -- The experience of the Swedish government in capacity building in Russia and Eastern Europe / Eva Sundquist -- Scaling up capacity building to underserved regions / Regina Yan
Summary This book presents papers from the conference on "Scaling up the Success of Capacity Building in Economic Education and Research," which took place in Budapest at the Central European University campus. It includes contributions from key researchers, academics and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries that identify and brainstorm on capacity building challenges
Notes The Central European University and the World Bank jointly organized a conference entitled "Scaling Up Capacity Building in Economics Education and Research : Lessons Learned and Future Directions," which took place at the CEU campus in Budapest, Hungary, on June 14-15, 2005
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Economics -- Research -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Economists -- Training of -- Developing countries -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economics -- Research
Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Economists -- Training of
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Unterrichtsplanung
Economia (estudo e ensino)
Economia (pesquisa)
Países em desenvolvimento.
Ekonomi -- studier och undervisning -- högskolan -- konferenser.
Ekonomi -- forskning -- konferenser.
Ekonomer -- utbildning och undervisning -- högskolan -- konferenser.
Developing countries
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Bourguignon, François.
Elkana, Yehuda, 1934-2012.
Pleskovic, Boris.
World Bank.
LC no. 2007297175
ISBN 9780821365960
0821365967
1280857595
9781280857591
6610857598
9786610857593