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At the Frontlines of Development Reflections from the World Bank

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    9780821360415

  • ISBN10:

    0821360418

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-04-01
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications

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Summary

This publication contains a number of papers written by former World Bank country directors in which they reflect on their experiences both as managers of the World Bank's activities around the world during the 1990s, as well as throughout their careers in development economics. These essays explore the operational implications for the World Bank as an institution during this extraordinarily eventful decade in a broad range of countries and regions including China and India, Russia, the Balkans, the Middle East, Tanzania and Uganda, Turkey and Argentina.

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes vii
Foreword ix
Gobind Nankani and James W. Adams
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations and Acronyms xiii
1 Introduction: Policies, Politics, and Principles: Three Hundred Years of World Bank Experience
1(16)
Indermit S. Gill and Todd Pugatch
2 Basil Kavalsky
17(30)
Armenia, the Baltic States, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and the Ukraine (1993-97) and Poland and the Baltic States (1997-2000)
Pictures and Lessons of Development Practice
19(28)
3 Phyllis Pomerantz
47(18)
Mozambique and Zambia (1996-2000)
A Little Luck and a Lot of Trust: Aid Relationships and Reform in Southern Africa
49(16)
4 Gobind Nankani
65(22)
Brazil (1997-2001)
Acting Strategically and Building Trust: Reflections on Brazil
67(20)
5 Edwin Lim
87(34)
China (Chief of Mission, 1985-1990) and India (1997-2002)
Learning and Working with the Giants
89(32)
6 Shahid Javed Burki
121(30)
China (1987-1994)
World Bank Operations: Some Impressions and Lessons
123(28)
7 Yukon Huang
151(10)
Russian Federation and the Former Soviet Union (1992-1997) and China (1997-2004)
On Good Policies and Great Men: Reflections on China and Russia
153(8)
8 Olivier Lafourcade
161(36)
Western Africa (1992-1996) and Mexico (1996-2000)
Lessons of the 1990's: A Personal Account
163(34)
9 Christiaan Poortman
197(16)
Balkan States (1997-2002)
Leadership, Learning, and Luck: Reflections on the Balkan States
199(14)
10 Ajay Chhibber 213(28)
Turkey (1997-2003)
Turkey's Tumult: Lessons From Crisis and Institutional Reform
215(26)
11 Inder Sud 241(30)
Middle East (1995-2001)
Reflections on Development
243(28)
12 James W. Adams 271(18)
Tanzania and Uganda (1995-2002)
The Right Approach to the Right Policies: Reflections on Tanzania
273(16)
13 Myrna Alexander 289(24)
Argentina (1997-2002)
A Practitioner's Perspective of the 1990's:The Case of Argentina
291(22)
14 Jayasankar Shivakumar 313(26)
Thailand (1997-2001)
Bank Engagement in a Country: A Practitioner's View
315(24)
References 339(6)
About the Editors 345(1)
Index 346

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