Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2006, Europe: Amsterdam Proceedings--Securing Development in an Unstable World

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 Fran?ois Bourguignon, Boris Pleskovic, and Jacques van der Gaag; welcome address by Jean-Fran?ois Rischard; opening address by Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven; keynote addresses by Fran?ois Bourguignon, Hisashi Owada, Gerrit Zalm, and Ernesto Zedillo; papers by Stefan Dercon, Patrick Guillaumont, and Joep Lange; and comments by Duncan Green, Paul Mosley, Fran?oise Ndayishimiye, Henk Rijckborst, and Richard Wilcox. The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is one of the world's best-known series of conferences for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge on development. It is an opportunity for many of the world's finest development thinkers to present their ideas. In 1999, in recognition of Europe's pivotal role in the provision of development assistance and 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 Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 23-24, 2005. The conference was co-organized by the Government of the Netherlands. The theme of the conference was "Securing Development in an Unstable World." The conference opened with remarks by Jean-Franȯis Rischard, the World Bank's Vice President for Europe, and Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Minister for Development Cooperation, the Netherlands. Their remarks were followed by keynote addresses by Franȯis Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank; Hisashi Owada, Judge, International Court of Justice, and former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan; Gerrit Zalm, Minister of Finance, the Netherlands; and Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico, and Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University. Three papers-on macroeconomic vulnerability; vulnerability: a micro perspective; and health risks-were then presented Introduction and summary -- François Bourguignon, Boris Pleskovic, and Jacques van der Gaag Welcome address -- Jean-François Rischard Opening address : head above water -- Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven Keynote address : stability, security, and development : an introduction -- François Bourguignon Keynote address : development in an unstable world : a Japanese experience to promote human security -- Hisashi Owada Keynote address : the other path to growth : private sector development -- Gerrit Zalm Keynote address : trade and development -- Ernesto Zedillo -- Macroeconomic vulnerability : macro vulnerability in low-income countries and aid responses / -- Patrick Guillaumont Comment -- Duncan Green Vulnerability : a micro perspective -- Stefan Dercon Comments -- Paul Mosley ; Richard Wilcox -- Health risks : scaling up access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care in resource-poor settings : challenges and opportunities / -- Joep M.A. Lange Comments-- Françoise Ndayishimiye ; Henk Rijckborst Contents......Page 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 9 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY......Page 11 WELCOME ADDRESS......Page 19 Head above Water......Page 25 Stability, Security, and Development: An Introduction......Page 31 Development in an Unstable World: A Japanese Experience to Promote Human Security......Page 45 The Other Path to Growth: Private Sector Development......Page 55 Trade and Development......Page 63 Macroeconomic Vulnerability......Page 73 Macro Vulnerability in Low-Income Countries and Aid Responses......Page 75 Duncan Green......Page 119 Vulnerability: A Micro Perspective......Page 125 Vulnerability: A Micro Perspective......Page 127 Paul Mosley......Page 157 Richard Wilcox......Page 167 Health Risks......Page 171 Scaling Up Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care in Resource-Poor Settings: Challenges and Opportunities......Page 173 Françoise Ndayishimiye......Page 189 Henk Rijckborst......Page 195

the Annual World Bank Conference On Development Economics (abcde) Brings Together The World's Finest Development Thinkers To Present Their Perspectives And Ideas. In Recent Years, A Parallel, Second Conference Has Been Held In Europe With The Same Goal Of Expanding The Flow Of Ideas Between Thinkers, Practitioners, And Policymakers In The Field Of International Development. This Title Presents Selected Papers From The Seventh Annual Abcde - Europe Meetings, Held May 2005 In Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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