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Title

Securing development in an unstable world / edited by François Bourguignon, Boris Pleskovic, Jacques van der Gaag.

Author

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Europe (7th : 2005 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Bourguignon, François.
• Pleskovic, Boris.
• Gaag, J. van der.
• World Bank.

Description

viii, 188 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"The seventh Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 23-24, 2005. The conference was coorganized by the Government of the Netherlands and the World Bank. The theme of the conference was "Securing Development in an Unstable World.""--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Economic development > Congresses

Note

• "The seventh Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 23-24, 2005 "--P. 1.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Head above water / Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven -- Stability, security, and development : an introduction / Francois Bourguignon -- Development in an unstable world : a Japanese experience to promote human security / Hisashi Owada -- The other path to growth : private sector development / Gerrit Zalm -- Trade and development / Ernesto Zedillo -- Macro vulnerability in low-income countries and aid responses / Patrick Guillaumont -- Comment / Duncan Green -- Vulnerability : a micro perspective / Stefan Dercon -- Comments / Paul Mosley -- Comments / Richard Wilcox -- Scaling up access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care in resource-poor settings : challenges and opportunities / Joep M. A. Lange -- Comments / Francoise Ndayishimiye -- Comments / Henk Rijckborst.

ISBN

• 0821361074
• 0821361082 (eISBN)

LCCN

9780821361078

OCLC

• ocm70154913
• SCSB-5930741

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries