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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791468703321

Titolo

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2009, Global : : People, Politics, and Globalization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-72549-1

9786612725494

0-8213-8059-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 pages)

Collana

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics

Altri autori (Persone)

LinJustin Yifu <1952->

PleskovicBoris

Disciplina

339.5

Soggetti

Economic development

Economic assistance

Developing countries Economic conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About This Book; Introduction; Opening Address; Opening Address; Opening Address; Keynote Address; Keynote Address; Keynote Address; Trade and Investment; Migration, Remittances, and the Transition from Foreign Aid; Higher Education and High-Technology Industry; Human Development; Political economy; CLOSING REMARKS; CLOSING REMARKS; Back cover

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. These papers concern: Trade and economic performance: does Africa's fragmentation matter?; Protectionist Policies and Manufacturing Trade Flows in Africa; Criss-Crossing Globalization: The Phenomenon of Uphill Skills flows; The Aid-Migration Trade off; Are Remittances More Effective than Aid to Improve Child Health? An Empirical Assessment Using Inter- and Intra-country data; Role of Emigration and Emigrant Networks in Labor Market Decision of non-Migrants; the Role of Higher Education in High-tech Industry Development: A Review of International Experience; Higher Education and Industry: What Linkages in Africa; An



Arrested Virtuous Circle?; Higher Education and High-tech Industry in India; Health and socio-economic status: Isolating causal pathways; The Household Impacts of Treating HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries; First Things First: Infectious Disease, Child Mortality and the poor in India 1992-2005; What Makes Growth Shared?; On the Political Economy of Inclusive Development; Characterizing Conflict Forms; Public Goods Provision in South Asia.