“…Cooper revient, donc, avec ce roman qui, comme les autres contes de Bas-de-Cuir, a la saveur nostalgique des lectures d’enfance : il fut l’un de nos premiers westerns, même si c’est un western sans cowboys qui se passe dans l’Est. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The World Bank -- Background and Summary -- Introduction -- Focus on Smallholder Agricultural Development -- The International Development Association in the Context of Bank Instruments -- Lending and Administrative Budget Pressures -- The 1980s: Structural Adjustment and the Debt Crisis Legacy -- The 1990s: "The Lost Decade"-The Wapenhans Report and Debt Relief -- Rising Debt and Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Countries -- The 2000s: Toward a Food and Financial Crisis -- The Bank's Gender Strategy and Implementation -- The World Bank's Work on Land Policy -- World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development -- Crisis Response -- The Bank's Assessment of Its Performance in Agriculture -- Going Forward -- The Bank Going Forward in a Changed Context -- Latest Readjustment for the World Bank -- Appendix A: Chronology of the World Bank -- Appendix B: Role of the International Finance Corporation -- Appendix C: Role of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency -- Appendix D: Independent Evaluation Group and World Bank Project Performance Ratings -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Initiating Engagement""; ""3 Workshops""; ""4 Exchanges, Planning Meetings, and Special Events""; ""5 Impacts and Future Directions""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Conclusions of the Meeting of Academy Leaders (2000)""; ""Appendix B: Dialogue of U.S. and Iranian Experts on Food-borne Diseases (2006)""; ""Appendix C: National Academies Expand Cooperation with Iranian Research and Education Centers (2007)""; ""Appendix D: Suggested Medical Topics for Cooperation (2008)""…”