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 Development Economics through the Decades: A Critical Look at Thirty Years of the World Development Report
English
by Shahid Yusuf, World Bank
Published December 2008
ISBN: 0-8213-7255-6
Since 1978, the World Bank's annual World Development Report (WDR) has provided in-depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of international development from agriculture, the role of the state, economic growth, and labor to infrastructure, health, the environment, and poverty. In the process, it has become a highly influential publication that is consulted by international organizations, national governments, scholars, and civil society networks to inform their decision-making processes.
In this essay, Shahid Yusuf examines the last 30 years of development economics, viewed through the WDRs. The essay begins with a brief background on the circumstances of newly independent developing countries and summarizes some of the main strands of the emerging field of development economics. It then provides a sweeping examination of the coverage of the WDRs, reflecting on the key development themes synthesized by these reports and assessing how the research they present has contributed to policy making and development thought. The book then looks ahead and points to some of the big challenges that the World Bank may explore through future WDRs. The essay is followed by five commentaries, each written by a distinguished economist or development practitioner, which further explore this terrain from different perspectives.
Together, the contents of this volume provide an extraordinary and remarkably compact tour of development economics through, around, and beyond the WDR. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the evolution of development economics over the past three decades as well as for students, scholars, and policy makers in the field of development.
 Globalization of Democracy: Hope and Realities of Democracy Promotion in Asia
English
Published 2008
by Jung ok Lee
Globalization of Democracy
Democracy has become the norm all over the world. The international community has deepened its cooperation and assistance for the globalization of democracy. Democracy is now recognized as the ideal ruling system for a single state. Countless people have participated in international democracy cooperation in order to consolidate and to promote democracy, although often making unfulfilled pledges. Those who are unable to understand this globalized reality and fail to keep pace with international development will become derelict from the global community. As a process of integration and unification, globalization does not only mean the globalization of markets but also the globalization of the standards and values of democracy and human rights. It is an urgent appeal of our time to commit to international democracy cooperation for the globalized democracy.
What is the direction of international democracy cooperation for democratic development in Asia?
“Hope and Realities of Democracy Promotion in Asia” researches and analyzes the perceptions of around 1,400 activists for democracy across 10 countries in Asia. Their perceptions have demonstrated and represented how the globalization of democracy has affected and has beta accepted in each country in Asia. At the same time the perceptions of the activists also illuminate new challenges. Analysis in this report clearly displays the main points to be focused on when carrying out international democracy cooperation as well as the directions far the democratic reforms which are needed in Asia. This investigation of 10 Asian countries may help Korea play a better and more significant role in establishing democracy in Asia.
 Төрийн захиргаа ба ардчилсан засаглал: Иргэддээ үйлчилдэг засгийн газар
Монгол
НҮБ-ын Хөгжлийн хөтөлбөр
Хэвлэсэн 2008
ISBN: 978-99929-0610-3
Энэхүү номын зорилго нь 21-р зуунд засгийн газруудад төрийн албан хаагчид, удирдах ажилтнуудын өмнө тулгарч буй ээдрээтэй сорилтуудыг ойлгоход тус дэм үзүүлэхүйц бодлогын чанартай үзэл баримтлал, тэдгээрийг шийдвэрлэхэд хэрэгтэй арга хэрэгслүүдтэй танилцуулж, иргэдэд үр нөлөөтэй үйлчлэх чадавхиа өргөжүүлэхэд хамгаас тохиромжтой гэсэн туршлага, санааг сонгон авч ашиглах боломж олгоход орших бөгөөд бодлого боловсруулагч, хэрэгжүүлэгчид, эрдэмтэн судлаачид, оюутан, сурагчид, олон нийтийг орчин үеийн засаглалын тухай шинэ мэдээлэлтэй таницуулахад чухал ач холбогдолтой юм.
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