Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics
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The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is an annual conference on development economics
held by the World Bank
. The first conference was held in 1988 in Washington, USA.
Development economics
Development Economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low-income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic growth and structural change but also on improving the potential for the mass of the population, for example,...
held by the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. The first conference was held in 1988 in Washington, USA.