World Development Report 1990 (World Bank Development Report) - Softcover

World Bank, The

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019520851X ISBN 13: 9780195208511

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Now in its thirteenth annual edition, the World Development Report 1990 is an essential reference on the world economy and the state of social and economic development. Like earlier editions, the 1990 Report incorporates research from all over the world, analyzing the conditions that surround the growth process and offering insights on appropriate policy measures for the future. Beginning with a review of developments in the world economy during the 1980s, the 1990 Report reassesses the role of public policy in reducing poverty in the developing world and describes how pricing and public investment, the delivery of social services, the provision of transfers and safety nets, and tradeoffs and complimentarities can contribute to a poverty-reducing strategy. With its timely survey and synthesis of contemporary economic issues around the world, the World Development Report 1990 is invaluable to readers and policymakers interested in economic development, international economics, and international politics.

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The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations responsible for providing finance and advice to countries for the purposes of economic development and poverty reduction, and for encouraging and safeguarding international investment. The group and its affiliates have their
headquarters in Washington, D.C., with local offices in 124 member countries.

Review

"A more balanced and welcome approach to development....A helpful reevaluation of worldwide development strategies."--The Times of the Americas

"Concise, yet comprehensive wealth of data and analysis fr students of the Third World."--Ali Reza Jalili, Allegheny College

"Very useful data and good analysis of key themes."--Joseph Grunwald, University of California, San Diego

"A highly informative analysis of the poverty problem."--Markos Mamalakis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

"Excellent as usual-really indispensable, if also contentious."--James Cobbe, Florida State University

"An excellent and timely production."--A.F. Robertson, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Very helpful....Objective, well written and extremely well organized."--Harry Greenbaum, South Dakota State University

"Excellent for undergraduate courses....Presents complex data in a graphic and vivid manner that immediately siezes the students' attention."--Walter Goldstein, State University of New York, Albany

"Of basic importance to all concerned with development as a solution to growing global poverty."--Sidney R. Waldron, State University of New York, Cortland

"An essential supplement to any course in international economic development; a desirable supplement to all international economics courses."--W.J. Fellerlein, Florida Atlantic University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 019520851X
• ISBN 13: 9780195208511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272