<P><BR><BR><BR><BR>Gerald M. Meier<BR>Joseph E. Stiglitz<BR>editors</P>
<P>2001 The International Bank for Reconstruction<BR>Oxford University Press</P>
<P>Contents</P>
<P>Foreword Nicholas Stern vii<BR>Preface Gerald M. Meier and Joseph E. Stiglitz ix<BR>Introduction: Ideas for Development Gerald M. Meier 1<BR>Gerald M. Meier<BR>The Old Generation of Development Economists and the New 13<BR>Comment Philippe Aghion 51<BR>Comment Hla Myint 58<BR>Kaushik Basu On the Goals of Development 61<BR>Comment Paul P. Streeten 87<BR>Comment Michael Lipton 94<BR>Irma Adelman Fallacies in Development Theory and Their Implications for Policy 103<BR>Comment David Vines 135<BR>Comment Sir Hans Singer 147<BR>Vinod Thomas Revisiting the Challenge of Development 149<BR>Ravi Kanbur and Lyn Squire The Evolution of Thinking about Poverty: Exploring the Interactions 183<BR>Shahid Yusuf and Joseph E. Stiglitz<BR>Development Issues: Settled and Open 227<BR>Pranab Bardhan Distributive Conflicts, Collective Action, and Institutional Economics 269<BR>Comment Irma Adelman 291<BR>Comment Paul Collier 296<BR>Nicholas Crafts Historical Perspectives on Development 301<BR>Comment Avner Greif 335<BR>Comment David Landes 340<BR>Merilee S. Grindle In Quest of the Political: The Political Economy of Development Policymaking 345<BR>Comment Gustav Ranis 381<BR>Comment Timothy Besley 384<BR>Karla Hoff and Joseph E. Stiglitz Modern Economic Theory and Development 389<BR>Comment Gustav Ranis 460<BR>Comment Abhijit V. Banerjee 464<BR>Comment Debraj Ray 478<BR>Appendixes Reflections by Nobel Prize Laureates 487<BR>A Research Agenda Lawrence R. Klein 489<BR>Needed: A Theory of Change Douglass C. North 491<BR>Sparks and Grit from the Anvil of Growth Paul A. Samuelson 492<BR>What Is Development About? Amartya K. Sen 506<BR>Candidate Issues in Development Economics Robert M. Solow 514<BR>Reflections by Pioneers 515<BR>“Pioneers Revisited” Sir Hans Singer 517<BR>International Trade and the Domestic Institutional Framework Hla Myint 520<BR>The Economics of a Stagnant Population<BR>W. W. Rostow 529<BR>The View from the Trenches: Development Processes and Policies as Seen by a Working Professional Arnold C. Harberger 541<BR>Contributors and Commentators 563<BR>Index 565</P>