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Author Pleskovic, Boris, editor

Title Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2000
Published Washington : World Bank Publications Aug. 2001

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Description 1 online resource
Series Annual Conference on Dev Econo Ser
Annual Conference on Dev Econo Ser
Contents Introduction / Boris Pleskovic and Nicholas Stern Opening address / Mats Karlsson Keynote address: -- Development thinking at the millenium / Joseph E. Stiglitz. A -- new global consensus on helping the poorest of the poor / Jeffrey Sachs -- Ten years after The road to a free economy: the author's self-evaluation / Janos Kornai New Development thinking -- Consensus building, knowledge, and conditionality / Paul Collier -- Development strategies for the 21st century / Dani Rodrik Comments / Nancy Birdsall, Francois Bourguignon, Fukunari Kimura -- Rethinking aid / Jan Wilhelm Gunning -- Beyond Rosenstein-Rodan: the modern theory of coordination problems in development / Karla Hoff Comments / Gustav Ranis, Charles C. Suludo Crises and recovery -- Shaken and stirred: explaining growth volatility / William Easterly, Roumeen Islam, Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Creative destruction and development: institutions, crises, and restructuring / Ricardo J. Caballero and Mohamad L. Hammour Comment / Abhijit V. Banerjee. The -- East asian crisis: two years later / Eisuke Sakakibara Comment / Andrew Berg -- Mexico: five years after the crisis / Daniel Lederman [and others] Comment / Alejandro Werner Corporate governance and restructuring: lessons from transition and crises -- Ownership structure, legal protections, and corporate governance / I.J. Alexander Dyck -- Corporate governance and restructuring: lessons from transition economies / Gerard Roland Comments / John S. Earle, Rafael La Porta Social security, public and private savings. The -- benefits of flexible funding: implications for pension reform in an uncertain world / J. Michael Orszag and Peter R. Orszag -- Household saving in East Asia and Latin America: inequality, demographics, and all that / Orazio P. Attanasio and Miguel Szekely Comment / Robert Holzman
Summary Annotation This 12th Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics focuses mainly on four areas: new development thinking, crises and recovery, corporate governance and restructuring, and social security including public and private savings
Annotation The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is a global gathering of scholars and practitioners of development policy including participants from government, private sector, and academia. The 12th annual conference, held in April 2000, focused mainly on four areas: new development thinking, crises and recovery, corporate governance and restructuring, and social security including public and private savings. This conference emphasizes the contribution that empirical and basic economic research can make to the understanding of development processes and to formulating development policies. This book is the collection of conference papers from this forum
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Audience Scholarly & Professional World Bank Publications
In World Bank e-Library
Subject Banks and Banking Reform
Debt Markets
Economic Theory and Research
Emerging Markets
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Labor Policies
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Private Sector Development
Social Protections and Labor
Development economics
Economic development
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Stern, Nicholas, editor
ISBN 9780821349816
0821349813
ABBREV TI Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2000