This edition of the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics presents selected papers from the ABCDE … Meetings, held May 29-30, 2006, in Tokyo, Japan. This volume presents papers on Infrastructure for Growth - emerging issues …; sustainable development and infrastructure - climate change, clean energy, and energy efficiency; rural infrastructure and …

infrastructure and regional cooperation. Fran??ois Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank … and discussion of new knowledge on development. It is an opportunity for many of the world's finest development thinkers … -- was devoted to "Rethinking Infrastructure for Development." The conference opened with remarks by Sadakazu Tanigaki, Japan …

experience bottlenecks and delays in hard infrastructure such as power and telecommunications, as well as in soft infrastructure … opportunities in the international market, they need good infrastructure and a sound regulatory environment. The interaction of …

infrastructure such as power and telecom as well as in soft infrastructure such as customs administration. The authors focus … climate is better. For locations to take advantage of opportunities in the international market, they need good infrastructure …

This edition of the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics presents selected papers from the ABCDE … Meetings, held May 29-30, 2006, in Tokyo, Japan. This volume presents papers on Infrastructure for Growth - emerging issues …; sustainable development and infrastructure - climate change, clean energy, and energy efficiency; rural infrastructure and …