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Re. William Easterly
No full textHost: Ken RockburnGuest: William EasterlyLinked to, but not direct output of an IDRC projectDr. William Easterly talks about his book, Are developing countries really developing? This book was also the subject of a public presentation by Dr. Easterly at IDRC on Apr. 24, 2002. NEPAD is briefly discusse
Development, Democracy, and Mass Killings
Full text linkUsing a newly assembled dataset spanning from 1820 to 1998, we study the relationship between the occurrence and cruelty of episodes of mass killing and the levels of development and democracy across countries and over time. We find that massacres are more likely at intermediate levels of income and less likely at very high levels of democracy, but we do not find evidence of a linear relationship between democracy and probability of mass killings. In the 20th century, discrete improvements in democracy are systematically associated with less cruel massacre episodes. Episodes at the highest levels of democracy and income involve relatively fewer victims.Economic development, mass killings, genocide, democracy
O espetáculo do crescimento, de William Easterly
No full textWilliam Easterly, renomado consultor do Banco Mundial, com coragem e objetividade expõe a verdadeira face do fracasso de inúmeras medidas adotadas (e defendidas) por importantes organismos internacionais que, por muitos anos, vêm trabalhando em prol de um único objetivo: promover um crescimento sustentado e real para as economias que vivem em condições precárias
O espetáculo do crescimento, de William Easterly
No full textWilliam Easterly, renomado consultor do Banco Mundial, com coragem e objetividade expõe a verdadeira face do fracasso de inúmeras medidas adotadas (e defendidas) por importantes organismos internacionais que, por muitos anos, vêm trabalhando em prol de um único objetivo: promover um crescimento sustentado e real para as economias que vivem em condições precárias
In Search of the Holy Grail
No full textHaving conducted extensive research in the field of economic growth and development, William Easterly has broad knowledge and expertise on the problems facing developing countries. While working for the World Bank, he travelled extensively in Africa, Latin America and Asia, and is well placed to comment on the key issues and debates surrounding the question of how best to promote increased well-being in the poor countries of the world. In this interview he discusses with Brian Snowdon several of the key controversies that have recently attracted the attention of scholars of economic growth and development.
What works in Development ? Thinking big and thinking small (Jessica Cohen ; William Easterly)
No full textCompte-rendu critique de Cohen, Jessica et William Easterly (Dir.), What Works in Development ? Thinking Big and thinking Small. Washington D.C., Brookings Institution Press, 2009 (231 p.)
Is demand for polluting goods manageable? an econometric study of car ownership and use in Mexico
Full text linkCharging for social marginal costs is efficient regardless of price elasticities, but the importance of getting prices"right"is greater the more manageable, or elastic, the demand. In efficient pollution control programs, options to make cars cleaner are combined optimally with demand conservation. The roles played by"cleaner cars"as compared with"fewer trips"are determined by empirical parameters: cheap, clean technologies would imply a great role for cleaner cars, while high demand elasticities lead to a greater role for demand reduction. In seminal research, evisence was found to support the hypothesis that demand for commodities such as gasoline should have lower price elasticities and higher income elasticities in developing than in industrial countries. The authors estimate a model of gasoline demand and car ownership in Mexico, using a panel of annual observations by state. Key features they introduce are instrumental variables on different data and the treatment of (1) possible dynamics, (2) measurement errors in the data, and (3) unobserved characteristics in individual states. They use tests of serial correlation in the residuals to model the dynamics properly. The resulting model is one of almost immediate adjustment, with a short-term price elasticity for gasoline close to the long-term estimate of -0.8. The model displays elasticities that are lower (for income) and higher (for price) than those hypothesized, and are within the range of elasticities found in industrial countries. Byproducts of the model: The elasticity of car purchases with respect to gasoline prices is positive. Scrappage decisions are affected by income and by car and gasoline prices. And these elasticities are not significantly different in the richer states. For policy purposes, these findings do not support"elasticity pessimism"The use of car services is sensitive to pricing, which suggests that consumers, for some of their demand, have reasonably good alternatives to car services. Consideration of external costs - such as accidents, congestion, air pollution, and road damage - thus involve considerable demand conservation.Inequality,Transport and Environment,Energy and Environment,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies
Agricultural extension - generic challenges and the ingredients for solutions
Full text linkIs agricultural extension in developing countries up to the task of providing the information, ideas, and organization needed to meet food needs? What role should governments play in implementing or facilitating extension services? Roughly 80 percent of the world's extension is publicly funded and delivered by civil servants, providing a range of services to the farming population, commercial producers, and disadvantaged target groups. Budgetary constraints and concerns about performance create pressure to show the payoff on investment in extension and to explore alternatives to publicly providing it. The authors analyze the challenges facing policymakers who must decide what role governments should play in implementing or facilitating extension services. Focusing on developing country experience, they identify generic challenges that make it difficult to organize extension: a) The magnitude of the task. b) Dependence on wider policy and other agency functions. c) Problems in identifying the cause and effect needed to enable accountability and to get political support and funding. d) Liability for public service functions beyond the transfer of agricultural knowledge and information. e) Fiscal sustainability. f) Inadequate interaction with knowledge generators. The authors show how various extension approaches were developed in attempts to overcome the challenges of extension: 1) Improving extension management. 2) Decentralizing. 3) Focusing on single commodities. 4) Providing free-for-service public extension services. 5) Establishing institutional pluralism. 6) Empowering people by using participatory approaches. 7) Using appropriate media. Each of the approaches has weaknesses and strengths, and in their analysis the authors identify the ingredients that show promise. Rural people know when something is relevant and effective. The aspects of agricultural extension services that tend to be inherently low cost and build reciprocal, mutually trusting relationships are those most likely to produce commitment, accountability, political support, fiscal sustainability, and the kinds of effective interaction that generate knowledge.ICT Policy and Strategies,Decentralization,Enterprise Development&Reform,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Agricultural Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,ICT Policy and Strategies,Agricultural Research
William EASTERLY, En busca del crecimiento. Andanzas y tribulaciones de los economistas del desarrollo, Antoni Bosch, Barcelona, 2003, 344 pp. [Ressenya de llibre]
No full textRessenya del llibre: William EASTERLY, En busca del crecimiento. Andanzas y tribulaciones de los economistas del desarrollo, Antoni Bosch, Barcelona, 2003, 344 pp. [Ressenya de llibre
William EASTERLY, En busca del crecimiento. Andanzas y tribulaciones de los economistas del desarrollo, Antoni Bosch, Barcelona, 2003, 344 pp. [Ressenya de llibre]
Full text linkRessenya del llibre: William EASTERLY, En busca del crecimiento. Andanzas y tribulaciones de los economistas del desarrollo, Antoni Bosch, Barcelona, 2003, 344 pp. [Ressenya de llibre
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