The Marshall Plan
Subtitle: lessons learned for the 21st century
By: [edited by Eliot Sorel and Pier Carlo Padoan].
Contributors: Sorel, Eliot.; Padoan, Pier Carlo, 1950-; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9789264044241
Subjects: Marshall Plan; Economic assistance, American -- Europe -- History; Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Description: This book examines the historical, diplomatic, economic, and strategic aspects of the European Recovery Program (ERP) -- popularly known as the Marshall Plan -- which brought Europe out of the chaos, hunger, poverty, desperation, and ashes of World War II. In it, authors from a variety of countries who are scholars, policy makers, and business leaders, address applications of the Marshall Plan's lessons learned to the 21st century for capacity building, human and sustainable development, and the role of public, private partnerships in emerging market economies and democratic societies.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Sixtieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan 1947-2007"--Cover.

"Edited by Eliot Sorel and Pier Carlo Padoan."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.