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This book presents selected papers from the ABCDE Meetings, held May 17 -18, 2007 in Bled, Slovenia. Hosted by the World Bank and Government if Slovenia, more than 400 experts from countries around the world met to deliberate the theme: Private Sector and Development. This volume presents papers on financial inclusion, factors that matter the most for business climate, and the provision of public services by non- state actors

The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together the world's leading scholars and development practitioners for a lively debate on state-of-the-art thinking in development policy and the implications for the global economy. The 17th conference was held in Dakar, Senegal, on January 27, 2005. The theme of the conference was growth and integration, which was divided into five topics: growth and integration, financial reforms, economic development, trade and development, and investment climate.

Intro -- Contents -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY -- OPENING ADDRESS -- The Future of Development: The Next 10 Years -- KEYNOTE ADDRESSES -- Global Distribution and Redistribution: A Preliminary Review -- Markets, Capital Markets, and Globalization -- Behavioral Economics -- Development Economics through the Lens of Psychology -- COMMENTS -- Colin F. Camerer -- Karla Hoff -- Lessons of Experience -- A Half-Century of Development -- The Evolution of Development Thinking:Theory and Policy -- COMMENTS -- Abhijit V. Banerjee -- Pedro S. Malan -- Infrastructure and Development -- Infrastructure and Development -- COMMENTS -- Eduardo Engel -- Nemat T. Shafik -- Trade and Development -- Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World -- COMMENTS -- Gerry K. Helleiner -- Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Intro -- Contents -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- INTRODUCTION -- OPENING ADDRESS -- KEYNOTE ADDRESSES -- Building Human Capital for Economic Development -- Opportunities for India in a Changing World -- Infrastructure Development in India: Emerging Challenges -- Fostering Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth -- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth -- Toward a Microeconomics of Growth -- COMMENTS -- Gur Ofer -- Sidney Winter -- Challenges of Development in Lagging Regions -- World Poverty: Causes and Pathways -- Development Strategy: Transition and Challenges of Development in Lagging Regions -- COMMENTS -- Govinda Rao -- Karen R. Polenske -- Participation, Inclusion, and Results -- Community-Based Development in the Context of Within-Group Heterogeneity -- Inclusiveness, Accountability, and Effectiveness of Development Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa -- COMMENTS -- Rohini Nayyar -- Vijayendra Rao -- Scaling Up and Evaluation -- Using Randomized Experiments and Structural Models for Scaling Up: Evidence from the PROGESA Evaluation -- Scaling Up and Evaluation -- COMMENTS -- François Bourguignon -- T. Paul Schultz.

The Berlin Workshop Series 2010 presents selected papers from meetings held September 28-30, 2008, at the eleventh annual forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank's annual World Development Report. At the 2008 meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries met to explore the problems that climate governance poses for development, which are later examined in depth in the 'World Development Report 2010'.This volume presents papers from the Berlin workshop sessions on climate governance and development, covering

This annual conference is a global gathering of the world's leading scholars and practitioners. Among the attendees are participants from developing countries, think tanks, NGOs, and international institutions. These papers concern: Trade and economic performance: does Africa's fragmentation matter?; Protectionist Policies and Manufacturing Trade Flows in Africa; Criss-Crossing Globalization: The Phenomenon of Uphill Skills flows; The Aid-Migration Trade off; Are Remittances More Effective than Aid to Improve Child Health? An Empirical Assessment Using Inter- and Intra-country data; Role of Emigration and Emigrant Networks in Labor Market Decision of non-Migrants; the Role of Higher Education in High-tech Industry Development: A Review of International Experience; Higher Education and Industry: What Linkages in Africa; An Arrested Virtuous Circle?; Higher Education and High-tech Industry in India; Health and socio-economic status: Isolating causal pathways; The Household Impacts of Treating HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries; First Things First: Infectious Disease, Child Mortality and the poor in India 1992-2005; What Makes Growth Shared?; On the Political Economy of Inclusive Development; Characterizing Conflict Forms; Public Goods Provision in South Asia.

"The Berlin Workshop Series 2006 presents selected papers from meetings held in September 6 ? 8, 2004, at the 7th Annual Forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank?s World Development Report. At the 2004 meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries met to identify and brainstorm on equity and development challenges and successes that will be later examined in-depth in the World Development Report 2006. This volume presents papers from the sessions on Equity and Development, covering issues relating to The Role of Governments in the Promotion of Equity, Equity-Enhancing Social Transformations, Building Efficient Welfare States, Reducing Global Inequalities and Integration and Inequality in the New Europe.".

This book presents papers from the conference on "Scaling up the Success of Capacity Building in Economic Education and Research," which took place in Budapest at the Central European University campus. It includes contributions from key researchers, academics and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries that identify and brainstorm on capacity building challenges.

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.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Development Thinking at the Millennium -- A New Global Consensus on Helping the Poorest of the Poor -- Ten Years After The Road to a Free Economy: The AuthorÌs Self- Evaluation -- Consensus Building, Knowledge, and Conditionality -- Development Strategies for the 21st Century -- Rethinking Aid -- Beyond Rosenstein-Rodan: The Modern Theory of Coordination Problems in Development -- Shaken and Stirred: Explaining Growth Volatility -- Creative Destruction and Development: Institutions, Crises, and Restructuring -- The East Asian Crisis-Two Years Later -- Mexico-Five Years after the Crisis -- Ownership Structure, Legal Protections, and Corporate Governance -- Corporate Governance and Restructuring: Lessons from Transition Economies -- The Benefits of Flexible Funding: Implications for Pension Reform in an Uncertain World -- Household Saving in East Asia and Latin America: Inequality, Demographics, and All That -- Comment on "Household Saving in East Asia and Latin America: Inequality, Demographics, and All That," by Orazio P. Attanasio and Miguel Székely.