International Development

Michael Woolcock is Lead Social Scientist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank, and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

• Prelude – An Invitation…Chapter 1 – Navigating Our Diverging, Integrated World: The Three “Developments”Chapter 2 – Managing a Contentious World: Cooperation, Inclusion, Process LegitimacyChapter 3 – Building a Better World: Why Some Problems Are So Much Harder Than OthersChapter 4 – Engaging an Increasingly Complex World: From What We Have to What We NeedEpilogue – Putting Your Time, Talents, and Treasure to Work (for Others)

“Michael Woolcock delivers a rare combination of gifts: the enduring insights of a scholar, the practical wisdom of a practitioner, and the passion of a change-maker. For anyone on the ‘epic adventure’ of international development, this is an essential guide to how we got here, where we should go, and why we strive.”Yuen Yuen Ang, author of How China Escaped the Poverty Trap and China’s Gilded Age“More than any social researcher I know, Woolcock understands the architecture and dynamics of complex social change. His experience making pragmatic and theoretical sense of development results in a highly engaging, thoughtful, and eloquent book.”Sanjeev Sridharan, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and University of Toronto