Development economics through the decades : a critical look at 30 years of the world development report / / Shahid Yusuf ; with Angus Deaton ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810803103321
• Autore: Yusuf Shahid <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009
• ISBN: 1-281-95967-7; 9786611959678; 0-8213-7756-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 188 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): DeatonAngus
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Development economics; Economics
• 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 (p. 157-182) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. A Star Is Born; Figure 1.1 Growth Rates of Developing and Developed Countries, 1961-74; Figure 1.2 Growth Rates of Six Developing Countries, 1956-71; Figure 1.3 Average Growth Rates of Five Industrial Countries, 1871-1970; Figure 1.4 Per Capita Average Growth Rates of Five Industrial Countries, 1871-1970; Figure 1.5 Growth Rates of Developing Countries, 1972-90; 2. Freeing the World of Poverty; Table 2.1 Total Rain-Fed and Irrigated Land in 12 Agriculture-Dependent Countries with High Population Growth Rates, 2000 and 2050; 3. How Much Farther Can We See?Figure 3.1 Net Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-06; Table 3.1 Net Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-06; Table 3.2 Average Investment of Slow-Growing South Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa Countries and India, 1990-2006; 4. Where To Now?; Figure 4.1 Per Capita GDP Growth of the United States, 1870-2003; Figure 4.2 Per Capita GDP Growth of Korea, 1960-2003; Commentary The World Development Report at Thirty: A Birthday Tribute or a Funeral Elegy?; Commentary The World Bank and the Evolving Political Economy of DevelopmentCommentary The Indomitable in Pursuit of the ; Inexplicable: The World Development Reports' Failure to Comprehend Economic Growth Despite Determined Attempts, 1978-2008; Commentary The Evolution of Development Economics and East Asia's Contribution; Figure C.1 The Transition to a High-Growth Path; Commentary The World Development Report: Development Theory and Policy; Appendix A List of World Development Reports, 1978-2008; Appendix B Citations of World Development Reports in Peer-Reviewed Articles, 1990-2005; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 1978, the World Bank's annual World Development Report (WDR) has provided in-depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development from agriculture, the role of the state, economic growth, and labor to infrastructure, health, the environment, and poverty. In the process, it has become a highly influential publication that is consulted by international organizations, national governments, scholars, and civil society networks to inform their decision-making processes.In this essay, Shahid Yusuf examines the last 30 years of development ec