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References on ARD History at the World Bank

OED study on ARD from 1965-1986
Carl Eicher, “Fifty years of donor aid to African Agriculture” (2003)
Selcuk Ozgediz’s book on the CGIAR at 40
Benjamin Robert Siegel’s book – Hungry Nation: Food, Famine and the Making of Modern India
Leif Christoffersen’s (and others’) transcript of oral history of the Bank including on ARD
WB 2003: Reaching the Rural Poor: A renewed strategy for the World Bank
Special issue of Water Alternatives (2010) on WCD + 10: Revisiting the large dams controversy (with papers by John Briscoe, Robert Goodland and others)
Global context of ODA–are donors reneging on ODA by overselling private contributions
Overall WB Archivists’ Chronology (excellent background for more sectoral Ag story line)