At the Frontlines of Development : Reflections from the World Bank

Indermit Gill

ISBN 10: 0821360418 / ISBN 13: 9780821360415

Published by World Bank Publications Apr 2005, 2005

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Neuware - This book contains a collection of essays by former World Bank Country Directors which recount their experiences, both as managers of the World Bank's portfolio in global economic hotspots of the 1990s as well as throughout their careers in development. The book is unique and remarkable because the stories are told in first person by those who were there to witness them and provides external audiences with a glimpse of the human face behind World Bank operations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: At the Frontlines of Development : Reflections from the World Bank
• Publisher: World Bank Publications Apr 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821360418
• ISBN 13: 9780821360415
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 293W x 126H x 23D millimeters 293 millimeters width by 126 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 764 grams

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Synopsis

In 'At the Frontlines of Development' former World Bank country directors recount their experiences, both as managers of the World Bank's programs in global economic hotspots of the 1990s as well as throughout their careers in development economics. These essays detail, among many stories of development in the 1990s, how China and India lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, while Russia collapsed; how Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mozambique remade their war-ravaged economies; and how Thailand, Turkey, and Argentina fell into financial crisis. These remarkable stories, told in first-person by the country directors who were there to witness them, provide candid assessments of development in the 1990s'what succeeded, what failed, and what lessons emerged. This book is part of a larger effort undertaken by the World Bank to understand the development experience of the 1990s, an extraordinary eventful decade. Each of the project's three volumes serves a different purpose. 'Economic Growth in the 1990s' provides comprehensive analysis of the decade's development experience, while 'Development Challenges in the 1990s' offers insights on the practical concerns faced by policymakers.