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From The World Bank Group Documents and Reports Archive World Development Report 1991 The Challenge of Development File 9696 Foreword Table of Contents, Definitions and data notes,etc. Overview - The world economy in transition - Paths to development - Elements of a market-friendly approach - Rethinking the state - Priorities for action 1. The world economy in transition - The long view - The setting for development - Prospects for world development - Quantitative global scenarios for the 1990s 2. Paths to development - The evolution of approaches to development - The determinants of the growth of income - Components of overall development - The way forward 3. Investing in people - Welfare and growth - Challenges in human development - Public policy 4. The climate for enterprise - Entrepreneurs unleashed - Enterprise in agriculture - Empowering the manufacturer - Evidence on the productivity of investment projects 5. Integration with the global economy - Channels of technology transfer - Labor flows and direct foreign investment - Trade policy and economic growth - Conditions for success in trade reform - The global climate for trade 6. The macroeconomic foundation - Policies to promote stability and growth - Booms and busts - From stabilization to growth - The art of reform - Investment and saving - Global economic conditions 7. Rethinking the state - The political economy of development - Remedies: democracy and institutions? - Equity and redistribution - Reforming the public sector 8. Priorities for action - Tasks for global action - Specific actions that work - A global challenge Technical note Bibliographical note Statistical Appendix World Development Indicators Technical notes Data sources

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