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• Introduction-- Opening speech-- Opening speech--
• PART 1. MARKETS, DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONS--
• 1. Transition: The First Ten Years-- Comment--
• 2. Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: Corporate Governance Failures in the Transition--
• 3. Privatization and Institutions in Developing and Transition Economies--
• 4. Different Approaches to Bankruptcy--
• 5. The Institutional Infrastructure of Competition Policy--
• 6. The Evolution of Legal Institutions and Economic Regime Change--
• 7. Cross-Sectional Wage and Employment Rigidities vs. Aggregate Employment-- Comment--
• 8. Institutions and the Workings of the Labour Market--
• 9. Separation of Powers and Development-- Comment--
• 10. Bureaucratic Corruption and Political Accountability-- Comment-- Comment--
• PART 2. EQUITY, PUBLIC GOODS, AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE--
• 12. Poverty and Inclusion from a World Perspective--
• 13. Safety Nets, Savings, and Informal Social Security Systems in Crisis-Prone Economies-- Comment-- Comment--
• 15. Regional Integration Agreements: a Force for Convergence or Divergence?--
• 16. Asymmetric Regionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where do We Stand?-- Comment--
• 17. Benefits and Costs of EU Enlargement: Theoretical and Practical Considerations on Trade Policy Issues--
• 18. The Precautionary Principle: Different Cases and Viewpoints--
• 19. Energy Crisis versus Climate Change: Is there a Lesson to be Learned?--
• 20. Global Governance for Environment: Equity and Efficiency--
• 21. Protecting the Global Environment: Towards Effective Governance and Equitable Solutions-- Comment--
• 22. R & D in Developing Countries: What Should Governments Do?--
• 23. Gender Economics: Just Another Dummy Variable?-- Comment--
• 24. Financial Fragility, Crises, and the Stakes of Prudential Control: A Few Lessons Learned from Recent Experience-- Comment--
• 25. Growth and Debt: A New Perspective on the African and Latin American Tragedies-- Comment.
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The World Bank's 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 about development. The conference has become increasingly ambitious in scope as the world's economies have become more interconnected, challenges have become more complex, and the distinction between development economics and other disciplines has become less clear. This volume collects together papers from the 1999 ABCDE in Europe given by some of the most prominent thinkers on development issues. These papers reflect the fact that economic trends are demanding a more intense and dynamic flow of ideas and expertise between the developed and developing worlds, between Europe and America, between north and south. While there is growing consensus among economic policymakers on the need for macroeconomic stability, there is less agreement on how to balance this need with pressing social needs.
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• Introduction and summary / François Bourguignon, Boris Pleskovic, and Jacques van der Gaag
• Welcome address / Jean-François Rischard
• Opening address : head above water / Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven
• Keynote address : stability, security, and development : an introduction / François Bourguignon
• Keynote address : development in an unstable world : a Japanese experience to promote human security / Hisashi Owada
• Keynote address : the other path to growth : private sector development / Gerrit Zalm
• Keynote address : trade and development / Ernesto Zedillo
• Macroeconomic vulnerability : macro vulnerability in low-income countries and aid responses / Patrick Guillaumont
• Comment / Duncan Green
• Vulnerability : a micro perspective / Stefan Dercon
• Comments / Paul Mosley ; Richard Wilcox
• Health risks : scaling up access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care in resource-poor settings : challenges and opportunities / Joep M.A. Lange
• Comments / Françoise Ndayishimiye ; Henk Rijckborst