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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821023003321

Titolo

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2004, Europe : : Economic Integration and Social Responsibility

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-85757-9

9786610857579

0-8213-6104-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 pages)

Collana

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics

Altri autori (Persone)

BourguignonFrançois

JacquetPierre

PleskovicBoris

Disciplina

338.9

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 bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Northern Agricultural Policies and World Poverty: Will the Doha ""Development Round"" Make a Difference?; Migration Flows: Political Economy of Migration and the Empirical Challenges; Of Patents and Genes: Flows of Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights; International Capital Flows: A Blessing or a Curse?; Resolution of Sovereign Debt Crises: The New Old Framework; Innovative Sources for Development Finance: Global Public Economics; Promoting Entrepreneurship: What It Means, and What It Means for the Middle East and North Africa

The Business Environment and Enterprise Performance in Transition: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey Vive la France! French Multinational and Human Rights; Natural Resources, Development and Conflict: Channels of Causation and Policy Interventions; Attenuating the Vulnerability to Price Shocks Through Aid; Scaling Up: A Development Strategy for the New Millennium

Sommario/riassunto

The fifth ABCDE-Europe was held in Paris, France, on May 15-16, 2003. The conference was co-organized by France's Agence francaise de



developpement (AfD), the Conseil d'Analyse economique (CAE), and the World Bank. The theme of the conference was "Economic Integration and Social Responsibility." Topics covered in this volume include the impact of globalization and the effect of the policies of rich countries on developing ones, the protection of intellectual property, and the roles and responsibilities of the private sector. The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) provides a forum for the world's leading development thinkers to share new knowledge and ideas. In 1999, in recognition of Europe's pivotal role in the provision of development assistance and in order to bring the World Bank's research on development into close contact with European perspectives, the World Bank created a distinctively European platform for debate on development issues.