Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development

The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is one of the best-known 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 p...

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Main Authors: Bourguignon, François, Pleskovic, Boris
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Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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ADB
AIR
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8730374/annual-world-bank-conference-development-economics-global-2007-rethinking-infrastructure-development
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spelling okr-10986-68342021-04-23T14:02:26Z Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development Bourguignon, François Pleskovic, Boris ADB AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIRPORTS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY BANK LENDING BANK LOANS BINDING CONSTRAINTS BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER TRANSPORTATION BRIDGE BULLET TRAIN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CARBON CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONNECTIVITY COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC MARKETS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROUPINGS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS EXCHANGE RATE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXPOSURE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOREST MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE FREIGHT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTS INCOME INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INFRASTRUCTURES INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LAWS LDCS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LIVING STANDARDS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRIP TRIPS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION URUGUAY ROUND VEHICLE VEHICLE FUEL WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is one of the best-known 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. The 2007 ABCDE -- held in Tokyo on May 29-30, 2006, and cosponsored by the Government of Japan -- was devoted to "Rethinking Infrastructure for Development." The conference opened with remarks by Sadakazu Tanigaki, Japan's Minister of Finance, and Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. Their remarks were followed by keynote addresses by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank; Sadako Ogata, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University. Six papers were presented addressing the issues of infrastructure for growth, sustainable development and infrastructure, rural infrastructure and agricultural development, and infrastructure and regional cooperation. François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank, delivered closing remarks. 2012-06-01T14:05:55Z 2012-06-01T14:05:55Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8730374/annual-world-bank-conference-development-economics-global-2007-rethinking-infrastructure-development 978-0-8213-6841-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6834 English en_US Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ADB
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIRPORTS
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BINDING CONSTRAINTS
BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
BORDER MANAGEMENT
BORDER TRANSPORTATION
BRIDGE
BULLET TRAIN
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CARBON
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONNECTIVITY
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITIES
EMISSIONS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTS
EXPOSURE
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
FINANCE CORPORATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FREE TRADE
FREIGHT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPORTS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFLATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM
INFRASTRUCTURES
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JOB CREATION
LABOR FORCE
LAWS
LDCS
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
LIVING STANDARDS
TRADING SYSTEM
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRIP
TRIPS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN GROWTH
URBANIZATION
URUGUAY ROUND
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FUEL
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WELFARE GAINS
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle ADB
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIRPORTS
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BINDING CONSTRAINTS
BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
BORDER MANAGEMENT
BORDER TRANSPORTATION
BRIDGE
BULLET TRAIN
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CARBON
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONNECTIVITY
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE
COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITIES
EMISSIONS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTS
EXPOSURE
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
FINANCE CORPORATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FREE TRADE
FREIGHT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPORTS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFLATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM
INFRASTRUCTURES
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
JOB CREATION
LABOR FORCE
LAWS
LDCS
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
LIVING STANDARDS
TRADING SYSTEM
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRIP
TRIPS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN GROWTH
URBANIZATION
URUGUAY ROUND
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FUEL
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WELFARE GAINS
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Bourguignon, François
Pleskovic, Boris
Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development
relation Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE);
description The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is one of the best-known 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. The 2007 ABCDE -- held in Tokyo on May 29-30, 2006, and cosponsored by the Government of Japan -- was devoted to "Rethinking Infrastructure for Development." The conference opened with remarks by Sadakazu Tanigaki, Japan's Minister of Finance, and Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. Their remarks were followed by keynote addresses by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank; Sadako Ogata, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University. Six papers were presented addressing the issues of infrastructure for growth, sustainable development and infrastructure, rural infrastructure and agricultural development, and infrastructure and regional cooperation. François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank, delivered closing remarks.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Bourguignon, François
Pleskovic, Boris
author_facet Bourguignon, François
Pleskovic, Boris
author_sort Bourguignon, François
title Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development
title_short Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development
title_full Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development
title_fullStr Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development
title_full_unstemmed Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development
title_sort annual world bank conference on development economics global 2007 : rethinking infrastructure for development
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8730374/annual-world-bank-conference-development-economics-global-2007-rethinking-infrastructure-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6834
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