The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together the world's finest development thinkers to present their perspectives and ideas. In recent years, a parallel, second conference has been held in Europe with the same goal of expanding the flow of ideas between thinkers, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of international development.
Author(s): Tungodden B., Stern N., Kolstad I.
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 355
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Toward Pro-Poor Policies: An Overview......Page 11
Part I. Aid......Page 21
Scaling Up: The Challenge of Monterrey......Page 23
New Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness......Page 53
In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth?......Page 73
Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic Vulnerability, and Political Instability......Page 105
New Poverty Reduction Strategies: Old Wine in New Bottles?......Page 121
Part II. Institutions......Page 143
Crisis, Political Institutions, and Policy Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly......Page 145
State Failure in Developing Countries and Institutional Reform Strategies......Page 175
States, Reforms, and Institutional Change: The Dynamics of Failure......Page 207
Inequality before and under the Law: Paths of Long-Run Development in the Americas......Page 223
The Transition Process in Postcommunist Societies: Toward a Political Economy of Property Rights......Page 241
Part III. Globalization......Page 257
Lessons from the 1997–98 East Asian Crises......Page 259
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: Globalization-Induced Changes and the Role of Policies......Page 289
Income Distribution, Factor Endowments, and Trade Openness......Page 301
Globalizing Talent and Human Capital: Implications for Developing Countries......Page 325
The Economics of the Brain Drain Turned on Its Head......Page 345
Appendix: Program......Page 357
