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Economic growth in the 1990's : Learning from a decade of reform - Washington D C The World Bank 2005 - 364p xv

Contents:
Foreword xi;
Acknowledgments xv;
1. Overview 1;
Part 1: Facts of the 1990s;
2. Grist and the Mill for the Lessons of the 1990s 29;
Country Note A: Economic Growth from the VeryLong-Term Perspective of History 56;
3. Something Special about the 1990s? 59;
Country Note B: Lessons from Countries That Have Sustained Their Growth 78;
Part 2: Development Controversies of the 1990s;
4. Macroeconomic Stability: The More the Better? 93;
Country Note C: Poverty and Inequality:What Have We Learned from the 1990s? 120;
5. Trade Liberalization: Why So Much Controversy? 131;
Country Note D: The Middle East and North Africa: Performing below Potential 156;
6. Privatization and Deregulation:A Push Too Far? 163;
Country Note E: Eastern Europe's Transition: Building Institutions 196;
7. Financial Liberalization: What Went Right,What Went Wrong? 203;
Country Note F: Lessons and Controversies from Financial Crises in the 1990s 238;
8. Policy Reforms and Growth Performance: What Have We Learned? 49;
Country Note G: Africa's Growth Tragedy: An Institutional Perspective 270;
9. Improving Public Sector Governance:The Grand Challenge? 275;
Country Note H: Natural Resources:When Blessings Become Curses 304;
10. Does Democracy Help? 309;
Bibliography 331;
Index 357;
Tables;
Figures.

ISBN: 9780821360439

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Economic Stabilization - Developing Countries2. Privatization - Developing Countries3. Developing Countries - Economic Policy4. Developing Countries - Politics & Government

Dewey Class. No.: 338.900000 / ECO