"The articles were presented at IDB's "Conference on Development Thinking and Practice" (September 1996)--p. 4. Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-551) and index.
Contents:
Development thinking and practice : introductory essay and policy conclusions -- Globalization amid diversity -- The Washington consensus revisited -- Successes and failures of development experience since the 1980s -- Globalization and competitiveness : implications for development thinking and practice? -- Globalization and competitiveness in the XXI century : a Japanese perspective -- Development and underdevelopment in a globalized world : Latin American dilemmas -- Development thinking and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean : past and future -- Catching up with the West : a perspective on Asian economic development and lessons for Latin America -- The political economy of development policy : an Asian perspective -- Economic policy and performance in capitalist Europe -- Lessons from countries in transition Lessons from Japan : industrial policy approach and the East Asian trail -- Latin America in the XXI century -- Latin America's exits from the liberal transition -- Governability and equity : key conditions for sustained development -- Jobs and solidarity : challenges for post-adjustment in Latin America -- An essay on the macroeconomics of social development in Latin America -- Is development economics still relevant? -- How well do economists serve development theory and practice? -- Nationalizing the antipoverty agenda -- Development thinking at the beginning of the XXI century.
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