Toward pro-poor policies : aid, institutions, and globalization / edited by Bertil Tungodden, Nicholas Stern, and Ivar Kolstad.

"The fourth Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe took place in Oslo in June 24-26, 2002"--P. 1.

At head of title: Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Europe, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Toward pro-poor policies : an overview / Bertil Tungodden, Ivar Kolstad and Nicholas Stern -- Scaling up : the challenge of Monterrey / Nicholas Stern -- New perspectives on aid effectiveness / David Roland-Holst and Finn Tarp -- In search of the holy grail : how to achieve pro-poor growth? / Stephan Klasen -- Aid and growth revisited : policy, economic vulnerability, and political instability / Lisa Chauvet and Patrick Guillaumont -- New poverty reduction strategies : old wine in new bottles? / Jean-Pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto and Francois Roubaud -- Crisis, political institutions, and policy reform : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Mariano Tommasi -- State failure in developing countries and institutional reform strategies / Mushtaq H. Khan -- States, reforms, and institutional change : the dynamics of failure / David Dunham -- Inequality before and under the law : paths of long-run development in the Americas / Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- The transition process in postcommunist societies : toward a political economy of property rights / Karla Hoff and Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Lessons from the 1997-98 East Asian crises / Jomo Kwame Sundaram -- Determinants of foreign direct investment : globalization-induced changes and the role of policies / John H. Dunning -- Income distribution, factor endowments, and trade openness / Antonio Spilimbergo, Juan Luis Londono and Miguel Szekely -- Globalizing talent and human capital : implications for developing countries / Andres Solimano -- The economics of the brain drain turned on its head / Oded Stark.