Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 A Star Is Born -- Introduction -- A Postbellum World -- Development Becomes a Discipline and a Crusade -- A Discipline in the Making -- A War on Poverty and the Making of the World Development Report -- 2 Freeing the World of Poverty -- Introduction -- An Innovative Report -- No More Trickle Down -- Adjustment Gains the Upper Hand -- Imagine That There Is No State -- Contesting Poverty and Inequality under Globalization -- From Getting Prices Right to Getting Institutions Right -- The Green Agenda and Agriculture -- Searching for Growth, Finding Poverty -- Achievement and Questions -- 3 How Much Farther Can We See? -- Introduction -- Growth through Perspiration -- From Machines to Institutions -- Inspired Growth -- Resource Balances and Capital Flows -- The Role of the State -- Reducing Poverty -- Aid and Growth -- A WDR Policy Scorecard -- 4 Where To Now? -- Introduction -- Putting Knowledge to Work -- Warming Climate, Scarce Water -- The Geography of Human Habitation -- Resilient Complex Societies -- An Equal Marriage of Politics and Economics -- Commentary: The World Development Report at Thirty: A Birthday Tribute or a Funeral Elegy? -- Introduction -- The (Multiple) Roles of the World Development Report -- The Quality and Intellectual Legacy of the World Development Reports -- The World Development Indicators -- Declining Fortunes: From a Star Is Born to a Red Dwarf or Even a Black Hole? -- Commentary: The World Bank and the Evolving Political Economy of Development -- Introduction -- Commentary: The Indomitable in Pursuit of the Inexplicable: The World Development Reports' Failure to Comprehend Economic Growth Despite Determined Attempts, 1978-2008 -- Introduction -- Commentary: The Evolution of Development Economics and East Asia's Contribution.

Introduction -- Comments on the Essay -- Big Push, Development, and Growth: A Synthesis -- Underappreciation of East Asian Experiences -- Commentary: The World Development Report: Development Theory and Policy -- Introduction -- The Role of the WDR in Thinking about Development More Broadly -- Knowledge for Development -- Corruption -- Poverty -- Institutions -- Urbanization -- The WDR and Specific Policy Issues -- Primary versus Secondary Education -- Health -- Social Insurance -- Access to Finance -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A List of World Development Reports, 1978-2008 -- Appendix B Citations of World Development Reports in Peer-Reviewed Articles, 1990-2005 -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.