Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2006, Europe Amsterdam Proceedings

by Bourguignon, Francois; Pleskovic, Boris; Gaag, Jacques Van Der

• ISBN13: 9780821361078
• ISBN10: 0821361074
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-15
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is one of the world's best-known series of conferences for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge on development. The conference provides a forum for the world's leading development thinkers to share new knowledge and ideas. In 1999, in recognition of Europe's pivotal role in the provision of development assistance and in order to bring the World Bank's research on development into close contact with European perspectives, the World Bank created a distinctively European platform for debate on development issues.The seventh Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 23-24, 2005. The conference was coorganized by the Government of the Netherlands and the World Bank. The theme of the conference was "Securing Development in an Unstable World."IN THIS VOLUME:Introduction by François Bourguignon, Boris Pleskovic, and Jacques van der Gaag; welcome address by Jean-François Rischard; opening address by Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven; keynote addresses by François Bourguignon, Hisashi Owada, Gerrit Zalm, and Ernesto Zedillo; papers by Stefan Dercon, Patrick Guillaumont, and Joep Lange; and comments by Duncan Green, Paul Mosley, Françoise Ndayishimiye, Henk Rijckborst, and Richard Wilcox.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction and Summary	1	(8)
Francois Bourguignon
Boris Pleskovic
Jacques van der Gaag
WELCOME ADDRESS	9	(176)
Jean-Francois Rischard
OPENING ADDRESS
Head above Water	15	(6)
Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Stability, Security, and Development: An Introduction	21	(14)
Francois Bourguignon
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Development in an Unstable World: A Japanese Experience to Promote Human Security	35	(10)
Hisashi Owada
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Other Path to Growth: Private Sector Development	45	(8)
Gerrit Zalm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Trade and Development	53	(12)
Ernesto Zedillo
Macroeconomic Vulnerability
Macro Vulnerability in Low-Income Countries and Aid Responses	65	(52)
Patrick Guillaumont
Comment
Duncan Green	109	(8)
Vulnerability: A Micro Perspective
Vulnerability: A Micro Perspective	117	(46)
Stefan Dercon
Comments
Paul Mosley	147	(10)
Richard Wilcox	157	(6)
Health Risks
Scaling Up Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care in Resource-Poor Settings: Challenges and Opportunities	163	(22)
Joep M. A. Lange
Comments
Francoise Ndayishimiye	179	(6)
Henk Rijckborst	185