03664oam 22007095 450 991078094070332120200520144314.01-282-46256-397866124625660-8213-8101-610.1596/978-0-8213-8100-7(CKB)2540000000000653(EBL)517170(OCoLC)587802159(SSID)ssj0000087953(PQKBManifestationID)11988275(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087953(PQKBWorkID)10071359(PQKB)11055419(MiAaPQ)EBC517170(Au-PeEL)EBL517170(CaPaEBR)ebr10364988(CaONFJC)MIL246256(The World Bank)ocn427704571(US-djbf)15830210(EXLCZ)99254000000000065320090723d2010 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLeadership and growth /edited by David Brady and Michael Spence ; contributions by David Brady ... [and others]Washington, DC :World Bank,[2010]copyright 2010.xxviii, 271 pages illustrations ;26 cmDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8100-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Workshop Participants; About the Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Leadership and Politics: A Perspective from the Commission on Growth and Development; Chapter 2: Leadership for Growth, Development, and Poverty Reduction: An African Viewpoint and Experience; Chapter 3: Leadership, Policy Making, Quality of Economic Policies, and Their Inclusiveness: The Case of Rwanda; Chapter 4: Perspectives on Growth: A Political-Economy Framework-Lessons from the Singapore ExperienceChapter 5: The Role of Institutions in Growth and DevelopmentChapter 6: Leadership, Policy Making, and Economic Growth in African Countries: The Case of Nigeria; Chapter 7: Political Leadership and Economic Reform: The Brazilian Experience in the Context of Latin America; Chapter 8: Economic Reforms, Growth, and Governance: The Political Economy Aspects of Bangladesh's Development Surprise; Index; Back coverThe book reviews Nigeria's growth performance and its impact on the labor market and proposes a growth strategy aimed at further accelerating growth and enhancing the growth elasticity of employment. The growth strategy rests on three pillars: Targeted interventions to address binding constraints in value chains with high growth and employment potential. These binding constraints include poor physical infrastructure and investment climate, lack of access to finance, pervasive skills gaps, and restrictive trade policies. Successful interventions in these value chains need to be designed based World Bank e-Library.LeadershipDeveloping countriesEconomic developmentDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesEconomic policyLeadershipEconomic development303.3/4091724Brady David W541816Spence Michael1943-125035DLCDLCYDXYDXCPCDXBWXDLCBOOK9910780940703321Leadership and growth3774914UNINA