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Economic growth in the 1990's : Learning from a decade of reform

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Publication details: Washington D C The World Bank 2005Description: 364p xvISBN:
  • 9780821360439
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.900000 ECO
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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.
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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.