Quality of Growth

Name: Quality of Growth
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ISBN: 9780195215939

ISBN-10: 0195215931

ISBN-13: 9780195215939

Edition: 2000

Authors: The World The World Bank, Ashok Dhareshwar, Ramon E. Lopez, Yan Wang, Nalin Kishor

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World Bank Technical Paper No. 485. Arable land, deserts, mountains, forests, rivers, and coastal zones characterize the diverse regions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA). As varied as the geography is so are the policy directions taken by the region's governments concerning natural resource management. A lack of conservation measures, misuse, and poor management have impaired many of the natural resources now available in these countries. Although the pressure on natural resources in ECA is less than in other regions and the area has more abundant resources, the accessibility and utility of those resources belie the figures. Where there is arable land, the growing season is short.…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 7.10" wide x 8.70" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


The Report Team


Overview



A Mixed Development Record



Assets, Growth, and Welfare



Improving the Distribution of Opportunities



Sustaining Natural Capital



Dealing with Global Financial Risks



Governance and Anticorruption



Seizing the Opportunities for Change


Bibliography and References



Broad Objectives and Instruments



Framework and Evidence



Distribution of Education, Openness, and Growth



Measuring Natural Capital



Financial Openness



Governance and Corruption Indexes: Aggregation Methods, New Empirical Measures, and Econometric Challenges


Boxes


Figures


Tables