Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2008, Global

Justin Yifu Lin And Boris Pleskovic

Description

This book presents selected papers from the ABCDE Meetings, held May 17 -18, 2007 in Bled, Slovenia. Hosted by the World Bank and the Government of Slovenia, more than 400 experts from countries around the world met to deliberate the theme: Private Sector and Development. This volume presents papers on financial inclusion, factors that matter the most for business climate, and the provision of public services by non- state actors.

Sujets

• Public services
• Innovation
• Finance
• Financial inclusion
• Private sector development

Informations

• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 22 septembre 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 21
• EAN13: 9780821371268
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

2008
ABCDE
Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics
Global
Private Sector and
Development
Edited by
Justin Yifu Lin and
Boris PleskovicPrivate Sector and
DevelopmentAnnual World Bank Conference
on Development Economics—Global
2008
Private Sector and
Development
Edited by
Justin Yifu Lin and
Boris Pleskovic
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ISBN: 978-0-8213-7125-1
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DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7125-1
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Cataloging-in-Publication data for this title is available from the Library of Congress.Contents
ABOUT THIS BOOK vii
INTRODUCTION 1
Justin Yifu Lin and Boris Pleskovic
OPENING SPEECH 9
Janez Jansˇa
OPENING SPEECH 15
Andrej Bajuk
OPENING SPEECH 17
François Bourguignon
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 19
Tarun Das
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Privatization in Development: Some Lessons from Experience 25
François Bourguignon and Claudia Sepúlveda
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 47
Janez Potoc ˇnik
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Informality, Productivity, and Growth in Mexico 53
Santiago Levy
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 65
Abdoulaye Sarre
Finance and Economic Opportunity 69
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine
COMMENTS
Liliana Rojas-Suarez 89
Victor Murinde 93
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Bring Me Sunshine: Which Parts of the Business
Climate Should Public Policy Try to Fix? 99
Wendy Carlin and Paul Seabright
COMMENTS
Loh Wah-Sing 147
Jan Svejnar 151
Comments on “Reforming Public Service Delivery,”
by Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
Jean-Paul Azam 155
Gábor Péteri 161About This Book
The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is a forum for dis-
cussion and debate of important policy issues facing developing countries. The con-
ferences emphasize the contribution that empirical economic research can make to
understanding development processes and to formulating sound development poli-
cies. Conference papers are written by researchers in and outside the World Bank.
The conference series was started in 1989. Conference papers are reviewed by the
editors and are also subject to internal and external peer review. Some papers were
revised after the conference, to reflect the comments made by discussants or from the
floor, while most discussants’ comments were not revised. As a result, discussants’
comments may refer to elements of the paper that no longer exist in their original
form. Participants’ affiliations identified in this volume are as of the time of the con-
ference, May 17–18, 2007.
The planning and organization of the May 2007 conference was a joint effort by
the Government of Slovenia and the World Bank. We gratefully acknowledge timely
and valuable contributions made by all the members of the steering committee and
several anonymous reviewers. We would also like to thank, Leita Jones, Conference
Coordinator, whose excellent organizational skills helped to ensure a successful con-
ference. Finally, we thank the editorial staff for pulling this volume together, espe-
cially Mark Ingebretsen, Stuart K. Tucker, and Nora Ridolfi from the Office of the
Publisher.
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