Bourguignon, FrançoisPleskovic, Borisvan der Gaag, Jacques2012-06-042012-06-042006978-0-8213-6107-8https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7057The 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONADOLESCENTSAGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONISMAGRICULTUREAIDASSET SALESBARRIERS TO ENTRYCAPITAL MARKETSCHILDBIRTHCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONDOMSCOUNTRY CASECRIMEDEBTDEBT RELIEFDECENTRALIZATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT COOPERATIONDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT ISSUESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERSDEVELOPMENT PROSPECTSDISASTERSECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RISKSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEXPORTSEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFREE TRADEGDPGOVERNMENT REGULATIONGROWTH POTENTIALHEALTH CAREHIGH GROWTHHIGH VOLATILITYINCOMEINCOME GROWTHINCREASE POVERTYINEFFICIENCYINFECTIOUS DISEASESINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL RESERVESINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT CLIMATELIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMICSMARKET FAILURESMIDDLE EASTMIGRATIONMORAL HAZARDMORBIDITYMORTALITYMULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKSNATIONAL INCOMENORTH AFRICAOPEN MARKETSPACIFIC REGIONPEER REVIEWPER CAPITA INCOMEPERSISTENT POVERTYPOLICY MAKERSPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY TRAPSPREGNANCYPRICE FLUCTUATIONSPRIVATE PROPERTYPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPROPERTY VALUESPROTECTIONISMPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC HEALTHRICH COUNTRIESRISK MANAGEMENTSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSECURE PROPERTY RIGHTSSEXUAL HEALTHSOCIAL SECURITYSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBSIDIARYSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRADE BARRIERSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE OPENNESSTRADE SHOCKSTRANSACTION COSTSUNEMPLOYMENTVIOLENCEWEALTHWORKERSWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-6107-8