Includes bibliographical references.

The first half century: an overview/ K. Sarwar Lateef -- From reconstruction to development in Europe and Japan/ Caroline Doggart -- The food crisis in South Asia: the case of India/ Uma Lele and Balu Bumb -- The Latin American debt crisis/ Sebastian Edwards -- The transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union/ Kemal Dervis, Marcelo Selowsky, and Christine Wallich -- The East Asian economic miracle/ Vinod Thomas and Peter Stephens -- The challenge of Africa/ Ishrat Husain -- Mobilizing private savings for development: IBRD and the capital markets/ Kenneth G. Lay.

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