The World Bank’s 10th Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, (ABCDE) is a forum for the discussion of policies and approaches for promoting economic development.  This year’s conference took place April 20 - 21, 1998. Click here for the 1999 Conference.

Leading a venerable gathering of speakers, nobel laureate James Tobin delivered the keynote address.  Major themes for this conference included:

• Role of Geography in Development
• Competition and Regulation Policy
• Financial Market Liberalization
• Ethnic Conflicts
  
  Conference papers are now available on-line.

The ABCDE conference is sponsored by the
World Bank’s Office of the Chief Economist and
Development Economics Vice Presidency