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 / Seba stian 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.