Development Economics and the
            International Development Association

Denizer, Cevdet; Dethier, Jean-Jacques; Gelb, Alan

dc.creator	Denizer, Cevdet
dc.creator	Dethier, Jean-Jacques
dc.creator	Gelb, Alan
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:33Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:33Z
dc.date	2011-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:56:53Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:56:53Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110607135633
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3443
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244407
dc.description	Prevailing economic ideas -- and fashions -- about development have influenced the International Development Association (IDA) since its creation in 1960. The creation of the organization itself is the result of two contemporaneous facts: an urgent need to channel development finance to least-developed countries and an increasing pressure on World Bank management to directly address the issue of poverty in developing countries. Changing views, over time, have been a rationale -- and, at times, a justification -- for emphasizing poverty and social sectors; for providing grants to particular groups of countries; and for strategic choices and sectoral priorities. IDA has been influential in development debates and been an advocate for specific views about development policy. This paper gives an overview of these views and documents how they have shaped the activities of the organization since its creation. After a brief review of development thinking and of the organization of research at the World Bank, the paper documents the shifts that have taken place in country allocations and in sector emphasis in IDA over the past 50 years and highlights the strategic themes that have guided its development agenda: toward increasing country selectivity; from projects to programs; from conditionality to country ownership of reforms; and from input-based to results-based performance.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5541
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ADJUSTMENT LENDING
dc.subject	AGGREGATE INCOME
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRICING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	AVERAGE GROWTH
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	BONDS
dc.subject	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subject	CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject	CAPITAL GOODS
dc.subject	CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	CARTEL
dc.subject	CENTRAL PLANNING
dc.subject	CLOSED ECONOMIES
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL BORROWING
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	CONDITIONALITY
dc.subject	CONSOLIDATION
dc.subject	COUNTRY DATA
dc.subject	COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
dc.subject	COUNTRY SPECIFICITY
dc.subject	CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEFICITS
dc.subject	DEREGULATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
dc.subject	DOMESTIC SAVINGS
dc.subject	ECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subject	ECONOMETRICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DECLINE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC LITERATURE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POWER
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	ECONOMICS PROFESSION
dc.subject	ECONOMICS RESEARCH
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	ECONOMISTS
dc.subject	EDUCATED PEOPLE
dc.subject	ELASTICITY
dc.subject	EMERGING MARKETS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subject	ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	EXTERNALITY
dc.subject	FEASIBILITY STUDIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING
dc.subject	FISCAL POLICIES
dc.subject	FOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject	GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROWTH MODELS
dc.subject	GROWTH PROCESS
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	GROWTH THEORIES
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HIGH GROWTH
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	IMPORT BARRIERS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject	INCREASING RETURNS
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	INEFFICIENCY
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTEREST RATE
dc.subject	INTEREST RATES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT RATE
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LONG RUN
dc.subject	LONG-RUN GROWTH
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MACRO STABILITY
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject	MARKET LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	MICRO DATA
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MONETARY POLICIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject	NEW GROWTH THEORIES
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OIL PRICES
dc.subject	OPEC
dc.subject	OUTPUT PER CAPITA
dc.subject	OVERVALUATION
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGE
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGES
dc.subject	POLICY DECISIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY PACKAGES
dc.subject	POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL STABILITY
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POOR POLICIES
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRIMARY PRODUCTS
dc.subject	PRIVATIZATION
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	PRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROTECTIONISM
dc.subject	PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC PROVISION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	REAL INCOME
dc.subject	RELATIVE PRICES
dc.subject	REORGANIZATION
dc.subject	RESEARCH AGENDA
dc.subject	RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	RETURN ON EQUITY
dc.subject	RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject	RICH COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL POOR
dc.subject	SAFETY NET
dc.subject	SAVING RATE
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SOCIAL COSTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL POLICIES
dc.subject	SUPPLY CURVES
dc.subject	TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject	TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject	TRADE BLOCS
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRANSITION COUNTRIES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject	URBAN POOR
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.title	Development Economics and the International Development Association
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region