TY - BOOK AU - Devarajan,Shantayanan AU - Rogers,F.Halsey AU - Squire,Lyn ED - World Bank Economists' Forum TI - World Bank Economists' Forum SN - 9780821348338 AV - HD73 .W677 2001 U1 - 338.9 22 PY - 2001///-<2002> CY - Washington, DC PB - World Bank KW - Economic development KW - Congresses KW - Fiscal policy KW - Debts, Public KW - Financial crises KW - Labor market KW - Public health KW - Finance KW - Developing countries KW - Economic policy KW - Europe, Eastern N1 - Selected papers presented at the First World Bank Economists' Forum, held in Washington DC, May 3-4, 1999; Includes bibliographical references N2 - This volume collects nine outstanding papers presented at the first World Bank Economists' Forum, held May 3-4, 1999. Initiated by then-Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz, the Forum highlighted papers that combined analytical rigor with potential policy impact.The inagural forum covered the landscape on modern development economics. This volume surveys much of that same territory: fiscal policy, capital flows, trade, decentralization, labor markets, infrastructure, health, and worker training are the main themes ER -