LEADER 04199nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910454129803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95967-7 010 $a9786611959678 010 $a0-8213-7756-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721803 035 $a(EBL)459698 035 $a(OCoLC)312933503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000086301 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11123730 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086301 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10025949 035 $a(PQKB)11569197 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195967 035 $a(OCoLC)935270876 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721803 100 $a20081024d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDevelopment economics through the decades$b[electronic resource] $ea critical look at 30 years of the world development report /$fShahid Yusuf ; with Angus Deaton ... [et al.] 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7255-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157-182) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a3. 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? 327 $aCommentary 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 327 $aIndex 330 $aSince 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 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aEconomics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 0$aEconomics. 676 $a338.9 700 $aYusuf$b Shahid$f1949-$0127446 701 $aDeaton$b Angus$088891 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454129803321 996 $aDevelopment economics through the decades$92269697 997 $aUNINA