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Preface: whom is this book for? -- Acknowledgments -- Overview: what is economic development and what does this book say about it? -- Governments : one day, they will work for you -- Economic policy : the basics you¿ve got to get right -- Social policy : old war, new weapons -- Inclusion : those who are always left behind -- Sectors : what ministers will worry about, or should -- Africa : the last frontier -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Part I -- Governments: One Day, They Will Work For You -- 1. Why Do Obvious Reforms Never Happen? The Political Economy of Things -- 2. How Will I Relate To My Government? The State and Me -- 3. Do We Really Care About Graft? Cairo, Corruption and Cultural Change -- 4. Why Can't We Stop Conflict? Violence and the Failure of Institutions -- 5. Are Natural Resources A Good Thing? Blessed by Nature, Cursed By Politics -- Part II -- Economic Policy: The Basics You've Got to Get Right -- 6. Has Economic Wisdom Changed? Macroeconomics Catches Up With Reality -- 7. A New, Wasted Bonanza? Commodities and that Uncomfortable Feeling of Wealth -- 8. Will Globalization End? A Different Kind of Trade -- 9. Why Is It So Difficult to Agree on Tax Reform? -- 10. How Do You Prepare For Another Global Crisis? -- Part III -- Social Policy: Old War, New Weapons -- 11. How Do We Help Now? The Lingering Global Crisis And The New Poor -- 12. Can We End Poverty? -- 13. Is There A Way To Measure Equity? The Human Opportunity Index -- 14. Why Are Statistics So Important? Poverty in the Era of Data -- 15. Who Really Benefits? Winners, Losers and The Beauty of Impact Analysis -- Part IV -- Inclusion: Those Who Are Always Left Behind -- 16. Will We Ever Live In Gender Parity? Women, Growth and Generational Change -- 17. Has Globalization Helped or Hurt Women? -- 18. Are Average Housewives Powerless? The Greatest Generation of Argentine Women -- 19. What Have Economists Learned About Indigenous Peoples? -- 20. Why Is Early Childhood Development So Difficult? The Child From Mozambique -- Part V -- Sectors: What Ministers Will Worry About-or Should -- 21. How Will Technology Shape The World of Tomorrow's Leaders? -- 22. How Will Tomorrow's Infrastructure Be Built? -- 23. Can Emerging Economies Have Universal Health Coverage? -- 24. Is There New Power In Entertainment Education? -- 25. How Do You Deal With Rising Food Prices? -- Part VI -- Africa: The Last Frontier -- 26. Is Africa's Emergence For Real? -- 27. Can Africa Be Defragmented? -- 28. Who Will Be Africa's Brazil? -- 29. Is There A Latin Solution to Africa's Problem? -- 30. How Have The World's Newest Nations Fared? -- 31. Can Africa Compete With China? -- 32. Can Africa Feed Africa? -- Glossary -- Suggested Further Reading -- Index

The global financial crisis of 2008-09 did not just change the global economic order. It also changed the way we think about that order. Principles and practices that were once accepted wisdom are now in doubt or discredited. New, fundamental questions opened. And the search for answers has barely begun. For the developing world, that conceptual uncertainty is particularly uncomfortable-through a mix of good policies and good luck, they had begun to achieve real progress. Will all that now be derailed? What does the new horizon bring to them? Can they find new policy ideas that will turn the shock of the crisis into a final run toward "developed" status? How does the future look when seen from various geographic regions?Those are the kind of questions that we asked, in the summer of 2010, to some 40 development professionals working at the World Bank. This book is an unfiltered collection of their views. As seasoned practitioners in the leading development institution, they have a unique perspective from which to visualize, we would dare say "to sense," what may be coming. Some of them look at the big picture of the role that the developing world is about to play, and how it will play it. Others walk us through the conceptual links around specific issues that will affect that world-say, the likely evolution of macro-financial regulation. And others take us to continents and countries, teach us about their realities, and tell us how things will differ in the coming years. Put together, they paint a picture of reasoned optimism.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editor Biographies -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Context and Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Overview -- III. Preserving Stability and Accelerating Growth -- IV. Promoting Sustainable and Equitable Social Development -- V. Improving Governance and Strengthening Institutions . -- Chapter 1. Fiscal Sustainability and Debt Management in Ecuador -- I. Background and Current Contex -- II. Fiscal Trends and Challenges -- III. Fiscal Policy and Public Debt Sustainability -- IV. Public Debt Trends -- V. Policy Options to Strengthen Fiscal Sustainability -- Annex. Public Debt Management -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Tax Policy and Administration -- I. Background -- II. Three Primary Problems of Ecuador's Tax Policy -- III. Modernization of the Tax Administration-Two Priority Reforms -- IV. Recommendations -- Annex -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3. The Banking System: Current Context and Remaining Challenges -- I. Profile of Ecuador's Financial System -- II. Structure of the Financial Sector -- III. Liquidity Management and Solvency -- IV. Risk Profile of the Banking System -- V. Policy Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4. The Oil and Gas Sector -- I. Current Situation -- II. Principal Aspects of Sector Reform -- III. Final Recommendations -- Annex -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. Economic Growth through Improved Competitiveness and an Enhanced Investment Climate -- I Introduction -- II. Competitiveness Challenges -- III. The Financial Sector -- IV. Policy Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6. Electricity Sector -- I. Overview of the Current Situation -- II. Key Challenges -- III. Policy Options -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7. Boosting Sustainable and Equitable Social Development -- I. Sector Overviews, Trends, and Diagnostics -- II. Policy Recommendations -- Bibliography.

Bolivia's challenges with regard to policy are multiple, deep and multifaceted, and as such they require integral proposals. The book tries to cover these challenges in their different dimensions and presents options to grow more and better creating jobs, with benefits for all, and without corruption and with civic participation. The design and implementation of all these options, simultaneously or in the short- and medium-term, is not feasible; and from here blooms options.

For the first time in the republican history of Peru, the presidential transition takes place in democracy, social peace, fast economic growth and favorable world markets. In other words, there has never been a better chance to build a different Peru - a richer country, more equal and governable. There are multiple ways to achieve that goal. New reforms must stem from a widespread and participatory debate, one of a common vision conceived for and by Peruvians. This book aims at making a technical and independent contribution to such debate; it summarizes the knowledge available about the challenges to be faced by the new administration. The study does not recommend silver bullets, but suggests policy options. It is based on the analysis of the current reality and in six decades of relationships with Peru, in which the Bank has implemented more than 100 projects and prepared more than 500 technical reports covering the wide range of development topics. When necessary, the study provides lessons that the Bank has learned elsewhere. The study provides a conceptual framework to the analysis of the country's 34 economic sectors and the two historical perspectives behind them. In doing so, it offers a comprehensive reform agenda that sheds light on possible priorities and courses of action.