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Conference on Development Economics, Europe 2002-2003: Toward Pro-Poor Policies--Aid, Institutions, and Globalization »

Authors: Policy World Bank, Boris Pleskovic (Editor), Nicholas Stern
ISBN-13: 9780821353882, ISBN-10: 0821353888
Format: Paperback
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Policy World Bank

Book Synopsis

The proceedings of the fourth Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (or ABCDE, held in Oslo in June 2002) contains 15 selected papers that consider the role of policies and institutions in development and the reduction of poverty. The papers provide a general overview of links between poverty, inequality, and growth as well as insights into specific topics such as the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative for debt reduction. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Acknowledgments
	Toward pro-poor policies : an overview	1
	Scaling up : the challenge of Monterrey	13
	New perspectives on aid effectiveness	43
	In search of the holy grail : how to achieve pro-poor growth?	63
	Aid and growth revisited : policy, economic vulnerability, and political instability	95
	New poverty reduction strategies : old wine in new bottles?	111
	Crisis, political institutions, and policy reform : the good, the bad, and the ugly	135
	State failure in developing countries and institutional reform strategies	165
	States, reforms, and institutional change : the dynamics of failure	197
	Inequality before and under the law : paths of long-run development in the Americas	213
	The transition process in postcommunist societies : toward a political economy of property rights	231
	Lessons from the 1997-98 East Asian crises	249
	Determinants of foreign direct investment : globalization-induced changes and the role of policies	279
	Income distribution, factor endowments, and trade openness	291
	Globalizing talent and human capital : implications for developing countries	315
	The economics of the brain drain turned on its head	335
	App. : Program	347