What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Theorising Development in Post-Independence Africa -- PART ONE Chapter 2: Unearthing the Nexus Between Development Theories and Underdevelopment in the Post-Independence Africa -- Chapter 3: Post-Independence Sustainable Development in Africa and Policy Proposals to Meet...

The international development community has been grappling with the challenges of implementing development programs and, consequently, with the design of practical approaches to attaining program objectives. This paper contributes to the emerging discussion on addressing the implementation...

This report is the fourteenth in an annual series assessing major development issues. This report synthesizes and interprets the lessons of more than forty years of development experience. Together with last year's report on poverty and next year's on the environment, it seeks to provide a...