Despite significant gains in promoting economic growth and living conditions (or "human progress") globally over the last twenty-five years, much of the developing world remains plagued by poverty and its attendant problems, including high rates of child mortality, illiteracy, environmental...

The global financial crisis has not only dealt a major blow to the global economy, but also shaken confidence in economic management in the developed world and the economic models that guide it. The crisis has revealed major market failures, especially in the housing bubble and its transmission...

The World Bank is a leading intellectual institution on development. It is a world leader in analytical studies in areas including poverty measurement, delivery of social services, impact evaluation, measurement of development outcomes, international trade and migration. It is also a leader in...

The global financial crisis has not only dealt a major blow to the global economy, but also shaken confidence in economic management in the developed world and the economic models that guide it. The crisis has revealed major market failures, especially in the housing bubble and its transmission...

The global financial crisis has not only dealt a major blow to the global economy, but also shaken confidence in economic management in the developed world and the economic models that guide it. The crisis has revealed major market failures, especially in the housing bubble and its transmission...

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...

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 --...