Development economics through the decades (Record no. 1470)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780821372555
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.9YUS
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Personal name Yusuf, Shahid.
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Title Development economics through the decades
Remainder of title a critical look at 30 years of the world development report
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington, D.C.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. World Bank
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 188 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-182) and index.
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Summary, etc. Since 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 economics, viewed through the WDRs. The essay begins with a brief background on the circumstances of newly independent developing countries and summarizes some of the main strands of the emerging field of development economics. It then provides a sweeping examination of the coverage of the WDRs, reflecting on the key development themes synthesized by these reports and assessing how the research they present has contributed to policy making and development thought. The book then looks ahead and points to some of the big challenges that the World Bank may explore through future WDRs. The essay is followed by five commentaries, each written by a distinguished economist or development practitioner, which further explore this terrain from different perspectives. Together, the contents of this volume provide an extraordinary and remarkably compact tour of development economics through, around, and beyond the WDR. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the evolution of development economics over the past three decades as well as for students, scholars, and policy makers in the field of development. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 'World Development Report', this book is being simultaneously published with 'The Complete World Development Report, 1978?2009'. This DVD is a fully-searchabel digital archive that contains the full collection of WDRs. For more information about the DVD or the 'World Development Report', visit www.worldbank.org/wdr.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Development economics.
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