Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, 2005
Subtitle: lessons of experience
By: edited by François Bourguignon and Boris Pleskovic
Contributors: Bourguignon, François; Pleskovic, Boris; World Bank
Series: World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Proceedings; World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies
Publisher: World Bank; Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780821360224; 9781280155635; 9786610155637; 9780821360217
Subjects: Development economics; Congresses; Economic development; Globalization; Free trade; Economic conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Economic Policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Government & Business; Development; Economic Development; Business Development; Structural Adjustment; General; Economic history; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; CAPITAL MARKETS; CONFERENCES
Other titles: Lessons of experience
Description: "This year's volume, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2005, presents selected papers from the 16th ABCDE meetings, held in May 2004. It reviews the lessons of 60 years of development experience, addressing key topics such as infrastructure, behavioral economics, trade, poverty, and globalization."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and summary / -- François Bourguignon, -- Boris Pleskovic -- OPENING ADDRESS; title: The future of development: the next 10 years  -- James D. Wolfensohn -- KEYNOTE ADDRESSES; title: Global distribution and redistribution: a preliminary review  -- François Bourguignon; title: Markets, capital markets, and globalization  -- Vernon L. Smith -- BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; title: Development economics through the lens of psychology  -- Sendhil Mullainathan -- LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE; title: A half-century of development  -- Richard N. Cooper; title: The evolution of development thinking: theory and policy  -- Gustav Ranis -- INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT; title: Infrastructure and development  -- Rémy Prud'homme -- TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT; title: Trade liberalization in a globalizing world -- Riccardo Faini.