Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Global . 2009 People, politics, and globalization / / edited by Justin Yifu Lin and Boris Pleskovic

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974126103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2010
• ISBN: 9786612725494; 9781282725492; 1282725491; 9780821380598; 0821380591
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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.