Entering the 21st century : World development report, 1999/2000 /

Contributor(s): Yusuf, Shahid, 1949- [author] | World Bank [author]
Language: English Series: World development report 1999/2000Publisher: New York : Published for the World Bank, Oxford Univeristy Press, [2000]Copyright date: c2000Description: ix, 300 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195211243 (pbk); 0195211251 (cloth); 9780195211245Other title: Entering the twenty-first century | World development report, 1999/2000Subject(s): Economic development | International trade | International finance | Investments, Foreign -- Developing countries | Decentralization in government -- Developing countries | Urbanization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries | Free trade -- Developing countries | Economic indicatorsDDC classification: 330.9 LOC classification: HC59.7 | .E558 2000Online resources: Click here to access online | Publisher description
Contents:
Overview -- Introduction: New directions in development thinking -- ch. 1. The changing world -- ch. 2. The world trading system : the road ahead -- ch. 3. Developing countries and the global financial system -- ch. 4. Protecting the global commons -- ch. 5. Decentralization : rethinking government -- ch. 6. Dynamic cities as engines of growth -- ch. 7. Making cities livable -- ch. 8. Case studies and recommendations: Making the most of trade liberalization : Egypt ; Reforming weak banking systems : Hungary ; Macromanagement under fiscal decentralization : Brazil ; Improvignurban living conditions : Karachi ; Cultivating rural-urban synergies : Tanzania ; The shifting development landscape at the dawn of the 21st century.
Summary: "This report, the twenty-second in the annual series, addresses the changing development landscape of the early 21st century, particularly the broad pragmatism that moves beyond economic growth to encompass important social goals--reduced poverty, improved quality of life, enhanced opportunities for better education and health, and more. Experience teaches that sustainable progress towards these goals requires integrated implementation and that progress must be firmly anchored in processes that are open, participatory, and inclusive. The report focuses on two clusters of change--globalization and localization--recognizing them as forces that bring new opportunities but also raise new or greater challenges in terms of economic and political instability. Containing this instability and providing an environment that will help implement a development agenda will be major institutional challenges. The discussion focuses on three main aspects of globalization: trade in goods and services, international flows of capital, and global environmental issues. The examination then shifts to three aspects of localization: the decentralization of political power to subnational levels of government, the movement of population and of economic energy toward urban areas, and the provision of essential public services in growing cities. To discuss the appropriate institutional response, the report draws on an array of national examples and cross-country empirical evidence."--World Bank summary.
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"This report has been prepared by a team led by Shahid Yusuf"--P. iv.

"World Bank 2000"--Cover.

Accompanied by: Entering the 21st century summary. iv, 11 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-211) and index.

Overview --
Introduction: New directions in development thinking --
ch. 1. The changing world --
ch. 2. The world trading system : the road ahead --
ch. 3. Developing countries and the global financial system --
ch. 4. Protecting the global commons --
ch. 5. Decentralization : rethinking government --
ch. 6. Dynamic cities as engines of growth --
ch. 7. Making cities livable --
ch. 8. Case studies and recommendations: Making the most of trade liberalization : Egypt ; Reforming weak banking systems : Hungary ; Macromanagement under fiscal decentralization : Brazil ; Improvignurban living conditions : Karachi ; Cultivating rural-urban synergies : Tanzania ; The shifting development landscape at the dawn of the 21st century.


"This report, the twenty-second in the annual series, addresses the changing development landscape of the early 21st century, particularly the broad pragmatism that moves beyond economic growth to encompass important social goals--reduced poverty, improved quality of life, enhanced opportunities for better education and health, and more. Experience teaches that sustainable progress towards these goals requires integrated implementation and that progress must be firmly anchored in processes that are open, participatory, and inclusive. The report focuses on two clusters of change--globalization and localization--recognizing them as forces that bring new opportunities but also raise new or greater challenges in terms of economic and political instability. Containing this instability and providing an environment that will help implement a development agenda will be major institutional challenges. The discussion focuses on three main aspects of globalization: trade in goods and services, international flows of capital, and global environmental issues. The examination then shifts to three aspects of localization: the decentralization of political power to subnational levels of government, the movement of population and of economic energy toward urban areas, and the provision of essential public services in growing cities. To discuss the appropriate institutional response, the report draws on an array of national examples and cross-country empirical evidence."--World Bank summary.

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