BACKGROUND Recent stalls in fertility decline have been observed in a few countries in
sub-Saharan Africa, and so far no plausible common reason has been identified in the …

Urban policy development for developing countries is increasingly significant within overall
economic and social development policies. For example, the World Bank's post-1988 …

Privatizing Health Services in Africa analyzes the disappearance of public health in the form
of state services in Africa, and the growth of a private market in health care that will serve …

In 1994 the World Bank and the IMF marked the fiftieth anniversary of their founding meeting
at Bretton Woods. The occasion was hardly one of celebration for the two Washington …

The last decade has brought sharp adjustment and rising poverty for most of the developing
world. Adjustment and Poverty: Options and Choices examines the major causes and results …

The often emotional debate over the impact of structural adjustment on the poor in Africa has
been confused by the complexity of economic reforms and their inconsistent implementation …

Much recent work in Africa has focused on the impacts of structural adjustment on prevailing
economic, social and political structures, and especially so in the urban areas. Rather less …

AFRICA'S CHOICES Page 1 AFRICA'S CHOICES Page 2 Page 3 New York London AFRICA'S
CHOICES AFTER THIRTYYEARS OF THE WORLD BANK Michael Barratt Brown Page 4 First …

This paper offers broad and critical perspectives on current development thinking. A brief
summary of different meanings of development and a thumbnail sketch of broad trends over …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is well known as a region of intensive migration, refugees and
population displacements as a result of demographic, economic, political, ecological and …