Developing the Consensus: Does the World Development Report herald a new approach?, New Economy, 7:4, December 2000

Every ten years the World Bank's flagship publication, the World Development Report (WDR), deals with the overarching issues of poverty reduction,  The current review, Attacking Poverty (2000), prompts two key questions: does the bank have anything sensible to say about poverty reduction in developing countries and, if it does, are there implications for poverty policy in developed countries?................ (see link in title for full article)