Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2009, Global

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This annual conference is a global gathering of the world's leading scholars and practitioners. Among the attendees are participants from developing countries, think tanks, NGOs, and international institutions. These papers concern: Trade and economic performance: does Africa's fragmentation matter?; Protectionist Policies and Manufacturing Trade Flows in Africa; Criss-Crossing Globalization: The Phenomenon of Uphill Skills flows; The Aid-Migration Trade off; Are Remittances More Effective than Aid to Improve Child Health? An Empirical Assessment Using Inter- and Intra-country data; Role of Emigration and Emigrant Networks in Labor Market Decision of non-Migrants; the Role of Higher Education in High-tech Industry Development: A Review of International Experience; Higher Education and Industry: What Linkages in Africa; An Arrested Virtuous Circle?; Higher Education and High-tech Industry in India; Health and socio-economic status: Isolating causal pathways; The Household Impacts of Treating HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries; First Things First: Infectious Disease, Child Mortality and the poor in India 1992-2005; What Makes Growth Shared?; On the Political Economy of Inclusive Development; Characterizing Conflict Forms; Public Goods Provision in South Asia.

subjects: Emerging Markets,  Civil Society and Participation Governance,  Labor Policies,  Political planning,  Environmental Economics and Policies,  Economic Theory and Research,  Access to Finance,  Economics,  Banks and Banking Reform,  Development economics,  Population Policies,  Pro-Poor Growth,  Debt Markets,  Developing countries, economic conditions,  Developing countries, economic policy,  Developing countries, politics and government,  Economic development,  Congresses,  Economic assistance,  Economic conditions,  Economic policy