Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-09-01
Antonio Spilimbergo of CEPR, CReAm, and International Monetary Fund reviews “Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics--Regional 2008: Higher Education and Development” by Justin Yifu Lin, Boris Pleskovic,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Nine papers and eight comments, originally presented at the Nineteenth Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics held in Beijing in January 2007, examine topics in development policy and the implications for the global economy. Papers discuss skilled labor and the international economy--whence it comes, whither it goes (L. Alan Winters); global returns to higher education--trends, drivers, and policy responses (Francois Bourguignon and F. Halsey Rogers); higher education financing in East Asia--policy implications for China (Weifang Min); higher education and international migration in Asia--brain circulation (Mark R. Rosenzweig); intersectoral interfaces in higher education development--private and public in sync? (Daniel C. Levy); financing higher education--lessons from developed economies, options for developing economies (Nicholas Barr); wellsprings of modern economic growth--higher education, innovation, and local economic development (Maryann P. Feldman and Ian I. Stewart); higher education, innovation, and economic development (Bengt-Ake Lundvall); and higher education and the labor market in India (Pawan Agarwal). Lin is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. Pleskovic is Research Manager in Development Economics at the World Bank. No index.”