africa: Stand and deliver! Analyses of the World Bank's World Development Report 2004

This year's World Development Report (WDR) addresses the challenges of making essential public services reach the poor by confronting the power relations that govern resources, exploring institutional complexities and recognising the centrality of politics to service delivery. But does it go far enough? This feature on the website of the Institute for Development Studies raises questions about three issues: Accountability, Service Delivery Performance and Health Systems.