Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Europe 2006 : Securing Development in an Unstable World

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ABORTION;    ADOLESCENTS;    AGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONISM;    AGRICULTURE;    AID;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-6107-8
RP-ID  :  36336

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The Annual Bank Conference onDevelopment Economics (ABCDE) is one of the world'sbest-known series of conferences for the presentation anddiscussion of new knowledge on development. It is anopportunity for many of the world's finest developmentthinkers to present their ideas. In 1999, in recognition ofEurope's pivotal role in the provision of developmentassistance and to bring the World Bank's research ondevelopment into close contact with European perspectives,the World Bank created a distinctively European platform fordebate on development issues. The seventh Annual BankConference on Development Economics in Europe was held inAmsterdam, the Netherlands, May 23-24, 2005. The conferencewas co-organized by the Government of the Netherlands. Thetheme of the conference was "Securing Development in anUnstable World." The conference opened with remarks byJean-François Rischard, the World Bank's Vice Presidentfor Europe, and Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Ministerfor Development Cooperation, the Netherlands. Their remarkswere followed by keynote addresses by François Bourguignon,Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank;Hisashi Owada, Judge, International Court of Justice, andformer Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan; GerritZalm, Minister of Finance, the Netherlands; and ErnestoZedillo, former President of Mexico, and Director, YaleCenter for the Study of Globalization, Yale University.Three papers-on macroeconomic vulnerability; vulnerability:a micro perspective; and health risks-were then presented.