The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together the world's leading scholars and development practitioners for a lively debate on state-of-the-art thinking in development policy and the implications for the global economy. The 18th conference was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from January 18-19, 2006. The theme of the conference was beyond transition, which was divided into, four growth after transition, economic space, governance, and judicial foundations of a market system. Book jacket.
