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1 online resource (iv, 381 pages) : illustrations |
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World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Proceedings |
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World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Proceedings.
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| Contents |
Introduction / François Bourguignon and Boris Pleskovic -- Opening address / S.M. Krishna -- Building human capital for economic development / Azim Hasham Premji -- Opportunities for India in a changing world / Nicholas Stern -- Infrastructure development in India : emerging challenges / Rakesh Mohan -- Entrepreneurship, innovation, and growth / T.N. Srinivasan -- Towards a microeconomics of growth / Robin Burgess and Anthony J. Venables ; Comments / Gur Ofer, Sidney Winter -- World poverty : causes and pathways / Partha Dasgupta -- Development strategy : transition and challenges of development in lagging regions / Justin Yifu Lin and Mingxing Liu ; Comments / Govinda Rao, Karen R. Polenske -- Community-based development in the context of within-group heterogeneity / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Inclusiveness, accountability, and effectiveness of development assistance in sub-Saharan Africa / Benno J. Ndulu ; Comments / Rohini Nayyar, Vijayendra Rao |
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Using randomized experiments and structural models for scaling up : evidence from the PROGESA evaluation / Orazio P. Attanasio, Costas Meghir, and Miguel Székely -- Scaling up and evaluation / Esther Duflo ; Comments / François Bourguignon, T. Paul Schultz |
| Summary |
"Topics include Fostering Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth; Challenges of Development in Lagging Regions; Participation, Inclusion and Results and Scaling Up and Evaluation. Contributors to the volume include, Nicholas Stern, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank; Azim Hasham Premji, Chairman of Bangalore's Wipro Corporation; Francois Bourguignon of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Possiy, France; Partha Dasgupta of Cambridge University; Justin Lin of Hong Kong University; Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Jean Philippe Platteau of the University of Namur, Belgium; Karen Polenske of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; T.N. Srinivasan, of Yale University; and Anthony Venables of the London School of Economics." |
| Analysis |
Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi |
| Prior Title |
World Bank Conference on Development Economics. /. Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Development economics -- Periodicals
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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Development economics
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals
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Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals
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| Subject |
Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
periodicals.
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Periodicals
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Electronic books.
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Periodicals.
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Périodiques.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bourguignon, François.
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Pleskovic, Boris.
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| ISBN |
0821358006 |
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9780821358009 |
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1417544902 |
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9781417544905 |
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