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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777679603321

Titolo

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2007, Regional : : Beyond Transition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2007

ISBN

1-280-85763-3

9786610857630

0-8213-6844-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 pages)

Collana

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics

Altri autori (Persone)

BourguignonFrançois

PleskovicBoris

Disciplina

338.91

Soggetti

Development economics

Economic development

Developing countries Economic conditions Congresses

Developing countries Economic policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dynamics of Institutions, Development, and Elites; KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Eurasian Growth Paradox; KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Transition of Economics: The Cases of Israel and Russia; KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Interaction of Political and Economic Transition; Growth After Transition: Is Rising Inequality Inevitable?; Economic Space; Governance; Judicial Foundations of a Market System

Sommario/riassunto

This annual conference is a global gathering of the world's leading scholars and practitioners. Among the attendees are participants from developing countries, think tanks, NGOs, and international institutions. The papers included in this book concern issues such as: inequality and growth in transition; trade liberalization, inequality and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean; can economic policy overcome geographic disadvantage in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States; and patterns of spatial convergence and divergence in India and China.