Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2007, Regional : Beyond Transition.

Contents -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- INTRODUCTION -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dynamics of Institutions, Development, and Elites -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Eurasian Growth Paradox -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Transition of Economics: The Cases of Israel and Russia -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Interaction of Political and Economic Transition -- Growth After Transition: Is Rising Inequality Inevitable? -- Increasing Inequality in Transition Economies: Is There More to Come? -- Trade Liberalization, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Latin America -- COMMENTS -- Jan Svejnar -- Andrés Solimano -- Economic Space -- Comparing the Evolution of Spatial Inequality in China and India: A Fifty-Year Perspective -- COMMENTS -- Alan Gelb -- Thierry Mayer -- Governance -- The Institutional Determinants of State Capabilities in Latin America -- Lowering the Cost of Capital in Emerging Market Economies -- Privatization: What Have We Learned? -- COMMENTS -- Irena Grosfeld -- Chong-En Bai -- Judicial Foundations of a Market System -- Judicial Reform in Developing Economies: Constraints and Opportunities -- Transforming Judicial Systems in Europe and Central Asia -- COMMENTS -- Ugo Panizza -- Stefan Voigt.