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The growth report: strategies for sustained growth and inclusive development/

By: World Bank. Commission on Growth and DevelopmentMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington: The World Bank, 2008Description: xiii, 180 p. : ill., col. maps ; 28 cmISBN: 9780821374917Subject(s): Developing countries | Economic policy | Economic developmentDDC classification: 338.9

Contents:

Introduction The Commission and its mandate Box 1: Growth and poverty The organization of the report PART 1: SUSTAINED, HIGH GROWTH IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD What is growth? The 13 success stories Box 2: Brazil¿s slowdown Box 3: Reform teams The art of policy making PART 2: THE POLICY INGREDIENTS OF GROWTH STRATEGIES High levels of investment Infrastructure Human capital Education Health Technology transfer Competition and structural change Labor markets Export promotion and industrial policy Exchange rates Capital flows and financial market openness Macroeconomic stability Savings Financial sector development Urbanization and rural investment Equity and equality of opportunity Regional development The environment and energy use Effective government The quality of debate Bad ideas PART 3: GROWTH CHALLENGES IN SPECIFIC COUNTRY CONTEXTS Sub-Saharan Africa Box 4: Africa¿s geography Box 5: Trade preferences for Africa Small states Resource-rich countries Box 6: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Middle-income countries PART 4: NEW, GLOBAL TRENDS Global warming Rising income inequality and protectionism The rise of China and India and the decline of manufacturing prices The ¿adding-up¿ problem The rising price of food and fuel Demographics, aging, and migration Global imbalances and global governance

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Introduction
The Commission and its mandate
Box 1: Growth and poverty
The organization of the report
PART 1: SUSTAINED, HIGH GROWTH IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD
What is growth?
The 13 success stories

Box 2: Brazil¿s slowdown
Box 3: Reform teams
The art of policy making
PART 2: THE POLICY INGREDIENTS OF GROWTH STRATEGIES
High levels of investment
Infrastructure
Human capital
Education
Health
Technology transfer
Competition and structural change
Labor markets
Export promotion and industrial policy
Exchange rates
Capital flows and financial market openness
Macroeconomic stability
Savings
Financial sector development
Urbanization and rural investment
Equity and equality of opportunity
Regional development
The environment and energy use
Effective government
The quality of debate
Bad ideas
PART 3: GROWTH CHALLENGES IN SPECIFIC COUNTRY CONTEXTS
Sub-Saharan Africa
Box 4: Africa¿s geography
Box 5: Trade preferences for Africa
Small states
Resource-rich countries
Box 6: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Middle-income countries
PART 4: NEW, GLOBAL TRENDS
Global warming
Rising income inequality and protectionism
The rise of China and India and the decline of manufacturing prices
The ¿adding-up¿ problem
The rising price of food and fuel
Demographics, aging, and migration
Global imbalances and global governance

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