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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451625703321

Titolo

Capacity building in economics education and research [[electronic resource] /] / François Bourguignon, Yehuda Elkana, and Boris Pleskovic, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007

ISBN

1-280-85759-5

9786610857593

0-8213-6596-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BourguignonFrançois

ElkanaYehuda <1934-2012>

PleskovicBoris

Disciplina

330.07

Soggetti

Economics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Developing countries

Economics - Research - Developing countries

Economists - Training of - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The Central European University and the World Bank jointly organized a conference entitled "Scaling Up Capacity Building in Economics Education and Research : Lessons Learned and Future Directions," which took place at the CEU campus in Budapest, Hungary, on June 14-15, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Opening Remarks; Opening Remarks; Keynote Address: Disciplines of Social Sciences: Separation or Cooperation?; Lessons of Experience and Future Directions; Regional Perspectives; Developing Graduate Economics Education Programs; Scaling Up Capacity Building to Underserved Regions

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents papers from the conference on ""Scaling up the Success of Capacity Building in Economic Education and Research,"" which took place in Budapest at the Central European University campus. It includes contributions from key researchers, academics and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries



that identify and brainstorm on capacity building challenges.