Development Challenges in the 1990s : Leading Policymakers Speak from Experience

by N. Roberto Zagha; Tim Besley

• ISBN13: 9780821358726
• ISBN10: 0821358723
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

This publication brings together essays written by some of the world's leading policymakers and analysts in development economics which offer insights into the practical concerns and constraints involved in implementing development strategies and policy reforms in a range of countries and regions. These papers explore the lessons that can be drawn from these experiences during the 1990s and consider how these can be applied to the development challenges of the new millennium.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	viii
Foreword	ix
Gobind Nankani, Frannie A. Leautier, and François J. Bourguignon
Acknowledgments	xi
1 Introduction	1	(14)
Timothy Besley
2 Lawrence H. Summers	15	(16)
Development Lessons of the 1990's	17	(14)
Comments
Pedro Malan	24	(3)
Michael Mussa	27	(4)
3 John Williamson	31	(30)
The Washington Consensus as Policy Prescription for Development	33	(28)
Comments
Alice H. Amsden	54	(3)
Ricardo Ffrench-Davis	57	(4)
4 Yegor Gaidar	61	(20)
Russia's Transition Experience	63	(18)
Comments
Gur Ofer	70	(6)
Anders Åslund	76	(5)
5 Kemal Dervis	81	(30)
Returning from the Brink: Turkey's Efforts at Systemic Change and Structural Reform	83	(28)
Comments
Roque B. Fernández	103	(5)
Steven Radelet	108	(3)
6 Fernando Henrique Cardoso	111	(20)
Reflections and Lessons from a Decade of Social Reforms in Brazil	113	(18)
Comments
Enrique V. Iglesias	124	(3)
Stanley Fischer	127	(4)
7 Alejandro Foxley	131	(34)
Lessons from Chile's Development in the 1990's	133	(32)
Comments
Nancy Birdsall	154	(4)
Eliana Cardoso	158	(3)
Ricardo Hausmann	161	(4)
8 Mario I. Blejer	165	(22)
Managing Argentina's 2002 Financial Crisis	167	(20)
Comments
Agustin Carstens	178	(4)
Vijay Kelkar	182	(5)
9 Montek S. Ahluwalia	187	(28)
Lessons from India's Economic Reforms	189	(28)
Comments
J. Bradford DeLong	203	(3)
Nurul Islam	206	(5)
Richard Eckaus	211	(4)
10 Zhou Xiaochuan	215	(16)
China's Recent Reforms	217	(16)
Comments
C. Fred Bergsten	225	(3)
Montek S. Ahluwalia	228	(3)
11 Leszek Balcerowicz	231	(28)
Post-communist Transition in Comparative Perspective	233	(28)
Comments
D. Mario Nuti	246	(7)
Jan Svejnar	253	(6)
12 Kwesi Botchwey	259	(18)
Changing Views and Approaches to Africa's Development	261	(18)
Comments
Jeffrey Herbst	271	(2)
Michael Chege	273	(4)
13 Rima Khalaf Hunaidi	277	(24)
Reform in Hindsight: Promises and Illusions in Jordan	279	(24)
Comments
Samir Radwan	293	(2)
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani	295	(6)
14 Eduardo Aninat	301	(20)
Options and Outcomes of Chile's Education Reforms, 1990-2000	303	(18)
Comments
Carol Graham	316	(3)
Roberto Junguito	319	(2)
About the Editors	321	(1)
About the Discussants	321	(7)
Index	328