Balancing the Development Agenda examines the evolution of the World Bank and its operations during the presidency of James Wolfensohn. It examines the modernization of this global economic institution which is now focused on home-grown development planning where borrowing countries are in the...

In 1999, the World Bank launched the K4D initiative as part of its new development agenda. The Bank also established itself as the global development knowledge bank suggesting that these moves would yield more pro-poor development results. This Masters thesis examines the Bank's knowledge...

"With this book, the author offers a personal look at some of the landmark policies, people, and institutions that have shaped Africa's post-independence history-and will continue to shape its future. It is a true inside account-told from a very personal perspective-of the evolution of African...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- In Recognition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE Including People in Development, June 1995-May 2000 -- Working as a Family -- "We're Here for One Reason Only, and That Is To Change the World" -- Women and the Transformation of the 21st Century -- New Directions...

This evaluation commissioned by the European Commission aims at providing an overall independent assessment of its aid delivery through Development Banks and the EIB during the period 1999-2006. It concerns financial flows or “channelling” from the Commission to the aforementioned...