Cover -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I: Preliminaries and Principles -- 1. The World Bank, Neo-Liberalism and Development Research (Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Ben Fine and Kate Bayliss) -- 2. A Knowledge Bank? (Elisa Van Waeyenberge and Ben Fine) -- Part II: Research in Practice -- 3. Understanding Aid at the Bank (Elisa Van Waeyenberge) -- 4. A Cup Half Full: The World Bank's Assessment of Water Privatisation (Kate Bayliss) -- 5. Social Capital and Health (Ben Fine) -- 6. World Bank Research on HIV/AIDS: Praise Where It's Due? (Deborah Johnston) -- 7. Agriculture in the World Bank: Blighted Harvest Persists (Carlos Oya) -- 8. A Policy Wrapped in 'Analysis': The World Bank's Case for Foreign Banks (Paulo L. dos Santos) -- 9. Hard Science or Waffly Crap? Evidence-Based Policy versus Policy-Based Evidence in the Field of Violent Conflict (Christopher Cramer and Jonathan Goodhand) -- 10. The Washington Consensus and the China Anomaly (Dic Lo) -- Part III: Continuity or Change? -- 11. Whither World Bank Research? (Ben Fine, Elisa Van Waeyenberge and Kate Bayliss) -- References -- Index.