Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011 : : Development Challenges in a Post-crisis World

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : The World Bank, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.91724
• Soggetto topico: Economic assistance; Economic development
• Soggetto geografico: East Asia
• Altri autori: HarrisonAnn LinJustin Yifu <1952-> Sepúlveda LClaudia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About this Book -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Keynote Addresses -- Overcoming the Samaritan's Dilemma in Development Aid -- Learning, Growth, and Development: A Lecture in Honor of Sir Partha Dasgupta -- Weak States, Strong States, and Development -- Personal Histories and Poverty Traps -- Environmental Commons and the Green Economy -- Voluntary Pledges and Green Growth in the Post-Copenhagen Climate -- World Economic Crises: Commodity Prices and Environmental Scarcity as Missing Links -- Comment -- Postcrisis Debates on Development Strategy -- Does a Leapfrogging Growth Strategy Raise the Growth Rate? Some International Evidence -- Comment -- The Political Economy of Fragile States -- State Fragility, Governance Indicators, and the Risk of Civil Conflict -- Comment -- New Ways of Measuring Welfare -- Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth -- Happiness Measures as a Guide to Development Policy? Promise and Potential Pitfalls -- Individual Welfare and Subjective Well-Being: Comments on "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth," by Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers -- Comment -- Social Programs and Transfers: Are We Learning? -- The Evolution and Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa -- Comment -- Closing Remarks -- Closing Remarks -- Footnotes -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Overcoming the Samaritan's Dilemma in Development Aid -- Learning, Growth, and Development: A Lecture in Honor of Sir Partha Dasgupta -- Weak States, Strong States, and Development -- Personal Histories and Poverty Traps -- Voluntary Pledges and Green Growth in the Post-Copenhagen Climate. ; World Economic Crises: Commodity Prices and Environmental Scarcity as Missing Links -- Comment -- Does a Leapfrogging Growth Strategy Raise the Growth Rate? Some International Evidence -- Comment -- State Fragility, Governance Indicators, and the Risk of Civil Conflict -- Comment -- Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth -- Happiness Measures as a Guide to Development Policy? Promise and Potential Pitfalls -- Individual Welfare and Subjective Well-Being: Comments on "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth," by Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers -- Comment -- The Evolution and Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa -- Comment -- Closing Remarks -- Closing Remarks -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011: Development Challenges in a Post-crisis World (ABCDE) presents papers from a global gathering of the world?s leading development scholars and practitioners held May 31 - June 2, 2010. Paper themes include: Environmental Commons and the Green Economy, Post-crisis Development Strategy, the Political Economy of Fragile States, Measuring Welfare, and Social Programs and Transfers. Keynote addresses: Elinor Ostrom: Overcoming the Samaritan's Dlimemma in Development Aid -- Torsten Persson: Weak States, Strong States, and Development -- Joseph Stiglitz: Learning, Growth, and Development -- Partha Dasgupta: Poverty Traps --
• Altri titoli varianti: Development challenges in apost-crisis world
• Titolo autorizzato: Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011
• ISBN: 9780821387306; 0821387308
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966216203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (Global); World Bank e-Library.