Introduction -- The political economy of WB-IMF's influences over development agenda : contextualizing PRSP from a global point of view -- Policy ownership and development agenda : towards an analytical framework -- Development agenda and bretton-woods institutions : a revisit of Bangladesh's...

"Providing an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this comprehensive Companion offers a detailed examination of the ADB's objectives, policies, development outcomes, strengths and weaknesses, areas for reform, and challenges going forward. M.G. Quibria...

The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially classified by the World Bank as middle-income countries. Of course nothing happens when a country crosses a (somewhat) arbitrary threshold in per capita income but it does matter...