Pleskovic, BorisStern, NicholasPleskovic, BorisStern, Nicholas2013-08-162013-08-1620030-8213-5386-11020-4407https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15129The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics seeks to expand the flow of ideas among development policy researchers, academics, and practitioners from around the world. It is a premier forum for World Bank and other experts to exchange ideas, challenge one another's findings, and expand theoretical and practical knowledge of development. Each year the topics selected for the conference represent new matters of concern or areas that will benefit from a review of what we know and from the identification of what still needs to be explored and expanded. This year's conference, held at the World Bank on April 29-30, 2002, addressed four themes: trade and poverty, Africa's future in terms of industrial and/or agricultural development, education and empowerment, and investment climate and productivity, with Andrew Berg and Anne Krueger, Paul Collier, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes, and Andrei Schleifer, Ravi Kanbur, Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff, L. Alan Winters, and Adrian Wood. World Bank President James D. wolfensohn, Chief Economist Nicholas Stern, and John B. Taylor also addressed the conference.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTTRADE LIBERALIZATIONINCOME GROWTHEXPORT PERFORMANCEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE POLICYTRADE BARRIERSLABOR MOBILITYTRADE PREFERENCESTRADE FACILITATIONEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMMODITY PRICESGENDER INEQUALITYEMPOWERMENTFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTSWARCONFLICT AREASINFLATION RATESMONETARY POLICYCAPITALIST COUNTRIESLEGAL SYSTEMSCOMPARATIVE ECONOMICSINVESTMENT ENVIRONMENTPRODUCTIVITY ABSOLUTE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIESAGRICULTUREANALYTICAL WORKAVERAGE INCOMEAVERAGE INCOME GROWTHBANK LENDINGCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITALIST ECONOMIESCDFCIVIL SOCIETYCOMMODITIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ECONOMICSCOMPETITION POLICYCOMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTCOMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKCOUNTRY REGRESSIONSCOUNTRY STRATEGIESDEBTDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT AGENCIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT PARTNERSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT PROCESSDEVELOPMENT PROCESSESDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIVERSIFICATIONDONOR AGENCIESDONOR INSTITUTIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RESEARCHEMPIRICAL RESEARCHENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCESEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATE POLICYEXPENDITURESEXPORTSEXTERNALITIESEXTREME POVERTYFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SYSTEMSGDPGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGROWTH RATEGROWTH THEORYHIGH INFLATIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOMEINCOME COUNTRIESINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME LEVELINCREASING RETURNSINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALEINFLATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINVESTMENT CLIMATELIFE EXPECTANCYMANUFACTURING SECTORMONETARY POLICYMORTALITYOPEN MARKETSPOLICY CHANGESPOLICY CIRCLESPOLICY ISSUESPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR GOVERNANCEPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POPULATIONPOVERTY POLICYPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRICE STABILITYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROMOTING GROWTHREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION STRATEGIESREFORM POLICIESRICH COUNTRIESRURAL AREASSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSERVICE DELIVERYSKILLED WORKERSSTRUCTURAL REFORMSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTOTAL COSTSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE OPENNESSTRADE POLICYWAGESWEALTHWORLD COMMUNITYWTOWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5386-1