Reclaiming Development Agendas Knowledge, Power and International Policy Making

As world attention focuses on poverty reduction and good governance, Reclaiming Development Agendas looks at why such changes in discourse and policy are taking place, what they mean for the challenge of forging development processes that are more socially inclusive and equitable, and what needs to be done to reclaim development agendas.

PETER UTTING is Deputy Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.

Foreword: Some Reflections on the Links between Social Knowledge and Policy--J.A.Ocampo * List of Abbreviations and Acronyms * Notes on the Contributors * Introduction: Reclaiming Development Agendas--P.Utting * Challenging the Knowledge Business--S.Guttal * The New Buzzwords--A.Cornwall & K.Brock * The Search for Policy Autonomy in the Global South--N.Girvan * The World Bank as a Knowledge Agency--J.Toye & R.Toye * Knowledge Management and the Global Agenda for Education--K.King * The Quest for Gender Equality--G.Sen * Global Social Policy Reform--B.Deacon * Generating Knowledge in the United Nations--L.Emmerij, R.Jolly & T.G.Weiss * Notes * Consolidated References * Index
Foreword: Some Reflections on the Links between Social Knowledge and Policy--J.A.Ocampo * List of Abbreviations and Acronyms * Notes on the Contributors * Introduction: Reclaiming Development Agendas--P.Utting * Challenging the Knowledge Business--S.Guttal * The New Buzzwords--A.Cornwall & K.Brock * The Search for Policy Autonomy in the Global South--N.Girvan * The World Bank as a Knowledge Agency--J.Toye & R.Toye * Knowledge Management and the Global Agenda for Education--K.King * The Quest for Gender Equality--G.Sen * Global Social Policy Reform--B.Deacon * Generating Knowledge in the United Nations--L.Emmerij, R.Jolly & T.G.Weiss * Notes * Consolidated References * Index