Research Catalog

Title

Economic and social development into the XXI century / edited by Louis Emmerij.

Publication

Washington, DC : Inter-American Development Bank ; Baltimore, MD : Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Emmerij, Louis
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Conference on Development Thinking and Practice (1996 : Washington, D.C.)

Description

x, 579 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"What new directions will development take in the next century? A distinguished group of experts on economic development debated this question in late 1996. Their views of the emerging development consensus are presented in Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century. The authors give special attention to developing countries in Latin America and East Asia. Analyzing the growth of certain East Asian economies, they ask what can be emulated: state-engineered industrial policies? an export push? better initial income distribution? fiscal incentives to promote corporate growth? the region's successful land reform efforts, or the commitment to better education? While agreeing that equity is a major determinant of economic success, they differ regarding how to achieve it."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

• Economic and social development into the twenty-first century
• Economic and social development into the 21st century

Subject

• Economic development > Congresses
• Economic development > Social aspects > Congresses
• Economic policy > Congresses
• Latin America > Economic conditions > Congresses
• Latin America > Economic policy > Congresses
• Caribbean Area > Economic policy > Congresses
• Caribbean Area > Economic conditions > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "The articles were presented at IDB's "Conference on Development Thinking and Practice" (September 1996)--p. 4.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Development thinking and practice : introductory essay and policy conclusions -- Globalization amid diversity -- The Washington consensus revisited -- Successes and failures of development experience since the 1980s -- Globalization and competitiveness : implications for development thinking and practice? -- Globalization and competitiveness in the XXI century : a Japanese perspective -- Development and underdevelopment in a globalized world : Latin American dilemmas -- Development thinking and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean : past and future -- Catching up with the West : a perspective on Asian economic development and lessons for Latin America -- The political economy of development policy : an Asian perspective -- Economic policy and performance in capitalist Europe -- Lessons from countries in transition.
• Lessons from Japan : industrial policy approach and the East Asian trail -- Latin America in the XXI century -- Latin America's exits from the liberal transition -- Governability and equity : key conditions for sustained development -- Jobs and solidarity : challenges for post-adjustment in Latin America -- An essay on the macroeconomics of social development in Latin America -- Is development economics still relevant? -- How well do economists serve development theory and practice? -- Nationalizing the antipoverty agenda -- Development thinking at the beginning of the XXI century.

ISBN

1886938210 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^97074185^

OCLC

• 37420545
• SCSB-12831237

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library