Morally and analytically, there is no more vexing phenomenon than the persistence of mass
poverty. Over the past half-century, remarkable gains have been made in reducing infant …

A country does not have to be deemed fit for democracy; rather, it has to become fit through
democracy. This is indeed a momentous change, extending the potential reach of …

Starting from the premise that democracy is more than simply a matter of universal suffrage
and the holding of regular multiparty elections, and that development is about much more …

Morally and analytically, there is no more vexing phenomenon than the persistence of mass
poverty. This chapter explores a theory of failed development, which is to say, persistent …

Two embarrassments mark the record of development since World War II: one pertaining to
the market forces, another concerning democracy. In the mid-1980s, and especially in the …

The global governance of poverty has a long, but not particularly illustrious, history. It can be
traced most directly to the first United Nations (UN)'Development Decade'launched in 1961 …

43. The Expert Group on Development and Democracy was established by the
Commonwealth Secretary-General in pursuance of the following mandate given by …

A series of prevailing errors in much developmental theory and practice, on left and right,
has characterized much of our thinking over the last 40 years, with each error somehow …

Good evening and thank you all for coming to this lecture-I am amazed by the turnoutand
thank you, Professor Beringer, for such a nice introduction. I am going to talk tonight, as you …

Poverty reduction is now, and quite properly should remain, the primary objective of the
World Bank. But, when the World Bank dreams of a world free of poverty-what should it be …