Bridging research and policy is a topic of growing practical and scholarly interest in both North and South. Contributions by four experienced practitioners and in four papers by researchers illustrate the value of existing frameworks and add four new lessons: the need for donors and research...

The current narrative on poverty reduction, summarized in WDR 2000|1, rehabilitates distribution as a central topic on the development agenda. WDR argues (i) that redistribution matters for instrumental reasons, as a route to faster growth and faster poverty reduction; (ii) that changes to...

The recent UK White Paper makes an admirable commitment to the idea of 'partnership', as the keystone of a new aid relationship with countries committed to poverty reduction and good governance. The concept is a difficult one, however, open to multiple interpretation. Genuine participation means...

Three challenges face development studies and development studies institutions-the three 'C's'. The first 'C' is coverage: making sure that the sector has sufficient coverage of new topics. The second 'C' is capacities: recognising that growth in the number and strength of developing country...