Publication: Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Europe 2006 : Securing Development in an Unstable World
Date
2006
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Published
2006
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Abstract
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-François 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 François 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.
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“2006. Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Europe 2006 : Securing Development in an Unstable World. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7057 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”