About This Book -- Contents -- Part I A Partnership for Development and Peace James D. Wolfensohn -- A Partnership for Development and Peace -- Part II Making the Case for Aid Nicholas Stern -- Making the Case for Aid -- Part III The Role and Effectiveness of Development Assistance -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- 1. The Meaning of Development and the Role of Policy, Institutions, and Markets -- 2. Sources of Growth and Poverty Reduction -- 3. Cross-Country Evidence on the Effectiveness of Assistance -- 4. Effectiveness of Bank Action at the Sectoral, Program, and Project Level -- 5. Effectiveness of Global Interventions -- 6. Conclusions: Learning Lessons to Move Forward -- Annex Measuring the World Bank's Development -- Effectiveness and Managing for Results -- Notes -- References -- Acronyms -- Part IV The Monterrey Consensus -- United Nations General Assembly -- Introduction -- The Monterrey Consensus -- Notes.