Democratizing Development Economics

Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, charged that economics, and in particular development economics, must broaden the scope of the questions it asks – thereby also becoming more relevant to today’s complex, multi-faceted problems. He discussed the following topics: (i) from hubris...

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Main Author:	Zoellick, Robert B.
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY EMERGING ECONOMIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OPEN KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AGENDA DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXTREME POVERTY INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GOVERNMENT FAILURE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY INCLUSIVE GROWTH RISK MANAGEMENT AID EFFECTIVENESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919061521627731460/Democratizing-development-economics-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-World-Bank-Group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29641

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spelling	okr-10986-296412021-04-23T14:04:53Z Democratizing Development Economics Zoellick, Robert B. ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY EMERGING ECONOMIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OPEN KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AGENDA DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXTREME POVERTY INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GOVERNMENT FAILURE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY INCLUSIVE GROWTH RISK MANAGEMENT AID EFFECTIVENESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, charged that economics, and in particular development economics, must broaden the scope of the questions it asks – thereby also becoming more relevant to today’s complex, multi-faceted problems. He discussed the following topics: (i) from hubris to humility; (ii) are we equipped to tackle the pressing issues of the day?; (iii) a new multi-polar world requires multi-polar knowledge; (iv) has development economics lost its way?; (v) re-examining the old truisms; (vi) what we now need to know; and (vii) beyond the ivory tower to a new research model on open data, open knowledge, open solution. He identified four problems that merit future research: economic transformation; inclusive and sustainable development; dealing with risk and vulnerability; and results-based analysis of what works. The Bank remains the largest single source of development knowledge, and this treasure chest will be opened to everyone. We have questions to answer. We need to listen and democratize development economics. 2018-04-06T18:44:21Z 2018-04-06T18:44:21Z 2010-09-29 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919061521627731460/Democratizing-development-economics-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-World-Bank-Group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29641 English Delivered at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, September 29, 2010; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech
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topic	ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY EMERGING ECONOMIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OPEN KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AGENDA DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXTREME POVERTY INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GOVERNMENT FAILURE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY INCLUSIVE GROWTH RISK MANAGEMENT AID EFFECTIVENESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY EMERGING ECONOMIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OPEN KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AGENDA DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXTREME POVERTY INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GOVERNMENT FAILURE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY INCLUSIVE GROWTH RISK MANAGEMENT AID EFFECTIVENESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Zoellick, Robert B. Democratizing Development Economics
relation	Delivered at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, September 29, 2010;
description	Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, charged that economics, and in particular development economics, must broaden the scope of the questions it asks – thereby also becoming more relevant to today’s complex, multi-faceted problems. He discussed the following topics: (i) from hubris to humility; (ii) are we equipped to tackle the pressing issues of the day?; (iii) a new multi-polar world requires multi-polar knowledge; (iv) has development economics lost its way?; (v) re-examining the old truisms; (vi) what we now need to know; and (vii) beyond the ivory tower to a new research model on open data, open knowledge, open solution. He identified four problems that merit future research: economic transformation; inclusive and sustainable development; dealing with risk and vulnerability; and results-based analysis of what works. The Bank remains the largest single source of development knowledge, and this treasure chest will be opened to everyone. We have questions to answer. We need to listen and democratize development economics.
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title	Democratizing Development Economics
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