World Development Report 1999/2000: Entering the 21st Century - Development (World Bank Development Report)

World Development Report, now in its twenty-second edition, contributes to development policy at the dawn of a new century. Taking the objective of achieving sustainable development as the point of reference, this Report examines how current ideas have evolved and how policy must respond to the changing world environment. Both the review of the past and the survey of the major trends shaping the global economy point to the increasing importance of the institutional aspects of development policy. The Report focuses on this theme and sets forth proposals for institutional, strengthening and reform to stabilize the global economy and provide the means to deal with the unfinished agenda of eliminating global poverty. Known as the standard reference for international economic data, the World Development Report 1999-2000 provides a set of Selected World Development Indicators as an appendix, presenting social and economic statistics for more than 200 countries.