Annual World Bank Conference on
 Development Economics--Global 2010 : Lessons from East Asia
 and the Global Financial Crisis
Keywords
CARBONDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
WTO
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT COSTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
INSTITUTION BUILDING
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
VEHICLE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
BORDER TRANSPORTATION
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
LDCS
DEBT
ELASTICITIES
COAL
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DRINKING WATER
TRANSPORT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
LABOR FORCE
TRIPS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FINANCE CORPORATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATE
JOB CREATION
FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE
URBANIZATION
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
LIVING STANDARDS
BRIDGE
BANK LOANS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
URBAN GROWTH
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
EMISSIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
TRADING SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
TRANSACTION COSTS
CAPITAL MARKET
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
COMPETITIVENESS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
BANK LENDING
AGRICULTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM
EXPOSURE
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
CAPITAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
EXPORT GROWTH
INFRASTRUCTURES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INCOME
TRANSPARENCY
ADB
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
VEHICLE FUEL
ECONOMIC THEORY
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
WATER USE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRIP
CLIMATE CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE
WATER SUPPLY
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
INFLATION
BULLET TRAIN
FOREST MANAGEMENT
CONNECTIVITY
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
AIRPORTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
FREE TRADE
TRANSPORT POLICY
INSURANCE
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
EXPORTS
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
URUGUAY ROUND
BINDING CONSTRAINTS
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
ENERGY RESOURCES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
LAWS
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
WELFARE GAINS
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
IMPORTS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
BORDER MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2555Abstract
The Annual World Bank Conference on
 Development Economics (ABCDE) is a forum for discussion and
 debate of important policy issues facing developing
 countries. The conferences emphasize the contribution that
 empirical economic research can make to understanding
 development processes and to formulating sound development
 policies. Conference papers are written by researchers in
 and outside the World Bank. This year's ABCDE included
 sessions on the following themes: industrial policy and
 development; social capital, institutions, and development;
 financial crisis and regulation; the road to a sustainable
 global economic system; and innovation and competition. In
 light of the global financial crisis, speakers touched on
 fundamental questions: what caused the current crisis, and
 how can the world economy recover?Are the standard
 prescriptions of development economics adequate to the task?
 Should developing countries alter their basic growth
 strategies? What is the proper role of the state? Should
 developing countries reexamine their commitment to free
 trade? How can global imbalances be rectified (especially
 between China and the United States)? Within the globalized
 financial system, how can regulation are improved? In
 attempting to answer these questions, many of the speakers
 searched for solutions in the lessons offered by the
 experience of Korea and other East Asian countries, which
 reacted with varying degrees of success to the financial
 crisis of the late 1990s. This volume includes selected
 papers from the conference as well as keynote addresses by
 SaKong, chairman of the Korean G-20 summit coordinating
 committee, and two distinguished economists: Anne Krueger,
 Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University, and Simon
 Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Date
2011Type
Publications & Research :: PublicationIdentifier
oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/2555http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2555
978-0-8213-8060-4
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