Kate Bayliss is Research Partner at the Centre for Development Policy and Research (CDPR) at SOAS, University of London. She is the co-editor of The Political Economy of Development (Pluto, 2011).Ben Fine is Professor of Economics at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of the critical guides Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, co-author of Marx's 'Capital' and co-editor of Beyond the Developmental State. He was awarded both the Deutscher and Myrdal Prizes in 2009.Elisa Van Waeyenberge is Research Tutor in the Department of Economics at SOAS, University of London. She is the co-editor of The Political Economy of Development (Pluto, 2011).

• ForewordPart I: Preliminaries and Principles1. The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research, by Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Ben Fine and Kate Bayliss2. A Knowledge Bank? by Elisa Van Waeyenberge and Ben FinePart II: Research in Practice3. Understanding Aid at the Bank, by Elisa Van Waeyenberge4. A Cup Half Full: The World Bank’s Assessment of Water Privatisation, by Kate Bayliss5. Social Capital and Health, by Ben Fine6. World Bank Research on HIV/AIDS: Praise Where It’s Due?, by Deborah Johnston7. Agriculture in the World Bank: Blighted Harvest Persists, by Carlos Oya8. A Policy Wrapped in 'Analysis' - The World Bank’s Case for Foreign Banks, by Paulo L dos Santos9. Hard Science or Waffly Crap? Evidence-Based Policy versus Policy Based Evidence in the Field of Violent Conflict, by Christopher Cramer and Jonathan Goodhand10. The Washington Consensus and the China Anomaly, by Dic LoPart III: Continuity or Change?11. Whither World Bank Research?, by Ben Fine, Elisa Van Waeyenberge and Kate BaylissReferencesIndex

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