UID:
almafu_9958088573102883
Format:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-08806-0
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9786610088065
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0-585-43734-3
Series Statement:
Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics
Content:
The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is a global gathering of the world's leading scholars and development practitioners. Among the attendees were participants from developing countries, universities, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and international financial institutions. The 13th annual conference, held in May 2001, concentrated on the current thinking in development policy and the implications for the global economy with a particular focus on the two important and controversial themes of globalization and health. This book is a collection of conference papers from this forum.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Contents -- About This Book -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- A Strategy for Development -- Globalization and Inequality -- Globalization and Inequality: Historical Trends -- Fear of Globalization: The Human Capital Nexus -- Growth and Inequality: The Role of Foreign Trade and Investment -- Geography and International Inequalities: The Impact of New Technologies -- Health and Development -- The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Providing Health Care -- A Patent Policy Proposal for Global Diseases -- Health, Income, and Economic Development -- World Inequality and the Rise in Longevity.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-5044-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1596/0-8213-5044-7
