Doing Development Economics Differently -- Check out ABCDE 2011
It's important to have an international forum where leading thinkers can exchange ideas about how to reduce poverty and how to promote growth in low income countries. I'm delighted that, since its...
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Development economics thinks big but also gets practical—postcard from Paris
Development is about big systemic changes, complex tradeoffs, political choices and how the fruits of growth are channeled for the greater good. It is also about broadening opportunities – a goal that...
View ArticleAsk Your Questions As We Live Blog From the ABCDE Next Monday and Tuesday
We will be live blogging and Tweeting during the keynote presentations on both days of the World Bank's Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) this coming Monday and Tuesday (May 7-8)....
View ArticleDevelopment Economics and Method: A Quarter Century of ABCDE
[Opening Remarks at the ABCDE 2014, Washington, D.C.]Introduction It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) 2014. The first time I...
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Of peacocks, development theory and empirics: ABCDE 2014
Development economics may be having a bit of a coming out moment, like a peacock unfurling a sheen of multicolored feathers after a long time wandering around a dusty yard with its tail feathers...
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