This paper defines institutions, presents their basic characteristics, and discusses forces for institutional change. It draws on a wealth of research and study by scholars in different fields and follows from the flagship 2002 World Development Report on this topic, including relevant new...

"The period since the 1980s has seen sustained pressure on Africa's political elite to anchor the continent's development strategies in neoliberalism in exchange for vitally needed development assistance. Rafts of policies and programmes have come to underpin the relationship between continental...

This Book distills the essential lessons learned from extensive consulting and evaluation work and shows the reader, step by step, how to apply them to the assessment of these organizations' activities. When used as a prac-tical tool, the Technical Guide provides a salutary, though possibly...