Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics Global 2007 : Rethinking Infrastructure for Development

Bourguignon, Franç ; ois ; Pleskovic, Boris

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ADB;    AGRICULTURE;    AIR;    AIR POLLUTION;    AIRPORTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-6841-1
RP-ID  :  41446

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 best-knownconferences for the presentation and discussion of newknowledge on development. It is an opportunity for many ofthe world's finest development thinkers to presenttheir ideas. The 2007 ABCDE -- held in Tokyo on May 29-30,2006, and cosponsored by the Government of Japan -- wasdevoted to "Rethinking Infrastructure forDevelopment." The conference opened with remarks bySadakazu Tanigaki, Japan's Minister of Finance, andPaul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. Their remarkswere followed by keynote addresses by Donald Kaberuka,President of the African Development Bank; Sadako Ogata,President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA);and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at ColumbiaUniversity. Six papers were presented addressing the issuesof infrastructure for growth, sustainable development andinfrastructure, rural infrastructure and agriculturaldevelopment, and infrastructure and regional cooperation.François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior VicePresident of the World Bank, delivered closing remarks.