Development and Poverty Reduction - Looking Back, Looking Ahead
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Development and Poverty Reduction
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
By James D.Wolfensohn, François Bourguignon
Prepared for the 2004 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF,
October 2004
Available online as PDF file [44 pp. 253 kB] at:
http://www.worldbank.org/ambc/lookingbacklookingahead.pdf
"...Development thinking and practice have evolved in ways that
should be conducive to more rapid development, but the promise
has yet to be fulfilled. Why?
In part because of natural lags between thinking, practice, and
outcome. But also because countries of the developed and devel-
oping worlds have not delivered fully on their commitments in
their North-South development partnership..."
Content:
Introduction
Part 1
Changes in development thinking and practice during the 1990s
Changes in development thinking
Changes in development practice
Part 2
Where are we now? The past decade's development achievements
Poverty reduction: Global progress, but with lagging regions
Global environmental stewardship
Delivering on commitments
Part 3
The way forward
Projecting forward: The world in 2015 and 2030
The agenda for the next decade