Capacity Building in Economic Education And Research

Contributors from universities and institutions from around the world (including the World Bank) participated in a conference sponsored by the World Bank and its partners and held in Budapest, Hungary, in June of 2005: "Scaling Up Capacity Building in Economics Education and Research: Lessons Learned and Future Directions." Its objectives were to learn from experiences about developing local or regional centers of excellence in economics education and research in these countries, and consider gaps of economics education and research capacity in the underserved countries of East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Central Asia. They presented 19 papers, a keynote address, and comments on building local capacity in developing and transition countries. In addition, other sections cover regional perspectives and developing graduate economics education programs. There is no index. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)