Reformers in international development : five remarkable lives / David de Ferranti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Ferranti, David M., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Rethinking development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Biography.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

David de Ferranti has devoted a 40-year career in international development to working with over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He held senior management posts in the World Bank, founded and led Results for Development (R4D), directed the Washington Office of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the United Nations Foundation, a visiting professor at Harvard and Georgetown Universities, and a research economist at Rand, the think tank. He is a board member of four not-for-profit organizations, chairing two of them. He holds a PhD in economics from Princeton University and a BA from Yale University.

Contents:

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala : making the impossible possible

Domingo Cavallo : stepping up when others are stepping back

Ela Bhatt : making the invisible visible

Dzingai Mutumbuka : taking action when others are taking cover

Adolfo Figueroa : making the implausible plausible

From five stories, one story.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 18, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: De Ferranti, David M. Reformers in international development

ISBN:

9781003388388

1003388388

9781003824992

1003824994

100382496X

9781003824961

Publisher Number:

40032201263

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Restricted for use by site license.