As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated. I now work mainly on climate issues, especially in Brighton and Hove, and new work can be found on the website of Climate:Change, our independent think-tank on socially inclusive action in the City: www.climatechangebh.org.uk.
Meanwhile, however, this website has over 850 entries, mostly representing my work on international development from 2010-2025. Among much else, there are over 50 book reviews, more than 20 papers and training cases on bridging research and policy and on managing think-tanks, nearly 100 articles on climate change, and many papers on other topics, including aid, food security and nutrition, and the future of international development. See ‘Topics and Themes’ for more details. I can be reached at sm@simonmaxwell.net.
Developing the Consensus: Does the World Development Report herald a new approach?
Developing the Consensus: Does the World Development Report herald a new approach?, New Economy, 7:4, December 2000
Every ten years the World Bank's flagship publication, the World Development Report (WDR), deals with the overarching issues of poverty reduction, The current review, Attacking Poverty (2000), prompts two key questions: does the bank have anything sensible to say about poverty reduction in developing countries and, if it does, are there implications for poverty policy in developed countries?................ (see link in title for full article)