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Introduction: Policies, Politics, and Principles: Three Hundred Years of World Bank Experience -- Basil Kavalsky: Armenia, the Baltic States, Belarus, Georgia, Maldova, and the Ukraine (1993-97) and Poland and the Baltic States (1997-2000) -- Pictures and Lessons of Development Practice -- Phyllis Pomerantz: Mozambique and Zambia (1996-2000) A Little Luck and a Lot of Trust -- Aid Relationships and Reform in Southern Africa -- Gobind Nankani: Brazil (1997-2001) -- Acting Strategically and Building Trust: Reflections on Brazil -- Edwin Lim: China (Chief of Mission, 1985-1990) and India (1997-2002) -- Learning and Working with the Giants -- Shahid Javed Burki: China (1987-1994) -- World Bank Operations: Some Impressions and Lessons -- Yukon Huang: Russian Federation and the Former Soviet Union (1992-1997) and China (1997-2004) -- On Good Policies and Great Men: Reflections on China and Russia -- Olivier Lafourcade: Western Africa (1992-1996) and Mexico (1996-2000) -- Lessons of the 1990s: A Personal Account -- Christiaan Poortman: Balkan States (1997-2002) -- Leadership, Learning, and Luck: Reflections on the Balkan States -- Ajay Chhibber: Turkey (1997-2003) -- Turkey's Tumult: Lessons From Crisis and Institutional Reform -- Inder Sud: Middle East (1995-2001) -- Reflections on Development -- James W. Adams: Tanzania and Uganda (1995-2002) -- The Right Approach to the Right Policies: Reflections on Tanzania -- Myrna Alexander: Argentina (1997-2002) -- A Practitioner's Perspective of the 1990s: The Case of Argentina -- Jayasankar Shivakumar: Thailand (1997-2001) -- Bank Engagement in a Country: A Practitioner's View