Myles Wickstead OBE, was educated at St Andrews' University and New College Oxford. Most of his career has been spent in the Department for International Development and its predecessors and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He coordinated the 1997 White Paper 'Eliminating World Poverty: A Challenge for the 21st Century'; then represented the UK on the Board of the World Bank (and was simultaneously Counsellor, International Development at the British Embassy in Washington); was British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti from 2000 to 2004; and was Head of Secretariat to the Commission for Africa from 2004 to 2005. Myles has been Visiting Professor (International Relations) at the Open University since the end of 2005.
* Introduction
* Part One
* 1: From the Fall of Berlin to the Fall of the Berlin Wall
* 2: A Decade of Change in the 1990s: A New Focus on Poverty and
Governance
* 3: New Development Targets for a New Millennium: The MDGs
* 4: Supporting the Millennium Development Goals: The Story up to The
Global Financial Crisis of 2008 crisis of 2008
* 5: The Beginnings of a New and Less Polarised World Economic and
Political Order
* 6: Joining The Dots: Global Public Goods and Policy Coherence
* 7: The Next 15 years: What Might Happen Next in Aid and Development
* Part Two
* A Compendium of Key Words and Concepts in Aid and Development
