Water Supply, Sanitation, and Environmental Sustainability : The Financing Challenge (Directions in Development)

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

Making Development Sustainable : From Concepts to Action (Environmentally Sustainable Development Occasional Paper Series, No 2)

 Ismail Serageldin, Andrew Steer (Co-editors)    Download

Culture and Development in Africa : Proceedings of an International Conference Held at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., April 2 and 3, 1992 (Environ)

 Ismail Serageldin, June Taboroff (Co-editors)    Download

Valuing the Environment : Proceedings of the First Annual International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development Held at the World Bank,

 Ismail Serageldin, Andrew D. Steer (Co-editors)    Download

Mirrors and Windows

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

Frontiers are an invention of the mind. We set boundaries for ourselves and others by what we choose to see as reality and by what we choose to value.

But men and women are social creatures, and individual behavior is subjected to the control of widely shared social values. These boundaries that define the limits of acceptable behavior also tend to reflect and reinforce limits on acceptable thinking.

Home and the World : Architectural Sculpture by Two Contemporary African Artists : Aboudramane and Bodys Isek Kingelez (Focus on African Art)

 Ismail Serageldin  

Development Partners: Aid and Cooperation in the 1990s

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

La protection des forêts tropicales ombrophiles de l'Afrique - Deuxième édition

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

The Justly Balanced Society

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

I grew up in a civilized and secure environment where material well-being was taken for granted by the children, the social graces were held in high esteem by the parents, and culture was appreciated by all. Above all, the pursuit of knowledge, in the broadest sense, was idolized. My two sisters and I read English, French, and Arabic, on almost every subject. Conversation was substantive and sharp, almost with a debater's edge, tempered only by the civility enforced by our elders.

Friday Morning Reflections at the World Bank - Essays on Values and Development

 David Beckmann, Ramgopal Agarwala, Sven Burmester, Ismail Serageldin (Co-authors)    Download

Organizing Knowledge for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

 Ismail Serageldin, Tariq Husain, Joan Martin-Brown, Gustavo Lopez Ospina, and Jeanne Damlamian, (Co-editors)    Download

Space for Freedom : The Search for Architectural Excellence in Muslim Societies

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

Poverty Adjustment and Growth in Africa

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

Pauverte, ajustement et croissance en afrique

 إسماعيل سراج الدين    Download

Hassan Fathy

 J.M. Richards, D.Rastorfer, Ismail Serageldin (Co-editors)    Download

Faith and the Environment

 Ismail Serageldin    Download

As the Muslim world shakes and stirs in a fitful search to reaffirm its independent identity, it confronts the cultural as well as the political realities of a world dominated by the West generally and the United States specifically. This has lead many in the Muslim world to define their identities by emphasizing the "otherness" of the Muslim being from the hegemonic world context.1 Doubtless there is much truth to this "otherness", but emphasizing it at the outset leads to a "rejectionist" approach which, to my mind, is narrow and constrictive and in fact does not do justice to the richness and variety that Muslim culture has achieved in the past, and can achieve again, by the more self-assured process of adaptive assimilation that characterised its confrontations with the Greek and Roman cultures at the time of the early Muslim conquests of the seventh and eighth centuries A.D.

Saudis in Transition - The Challenges of a Changing Labor Market

 Ismail Serageldin, Naiem A. Sherbiny (Co-authors)    Download

Manpower and International Labor Migration in the Middle East and North Africa

 Ismail Serageldin, James A. Socknat, Stace Birks, Bob Li, and Clive A. Sinclair (Co-authors)    Download

Managing Water Resources Sustainably: Challenges and Solutions for the New Millennium

As the dawn of a new millennium approaches, there is growing recognition that one of the biggest challenges confronting humanity is the need to better manage the earth’s precious water resources. It is therefore fitting that the French Republic is hosting an "International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development" – a "Water Summit" – that is bringing together the various stakeholders concerned with water issues.

Managing Global Water Resources Sustainably: A World Bank Perspective

It is a privilege to join you and to share my views on water, one of nature’s precious resources. Water permeates society, and its availability impacts all facets of human endeavor, be it economic, ecological, or social. Indeed, freshwater is being dubbed as the "oil of the late 20th century" – an essential, but increasingly scarce resource for post-industrial society.

Agriculture's Role in Sustainable Human Development: An Action Agenda for the New Millennium

We live in a world of plenty, of dazzling scientific advances and technological breakthroughs. Adventures in cyberspace are at hand. Yet, our times are marred by conflict, violence, debilitating economic uncertainties and tragic poverty.

Forgotten Inventors Part 2

Echo Chambers and the Vortex of Lies: Spirituality & Materialism in the Modern State

Arab Civilization: From Current Crises to Future Horizons

- Two Lectures at Beirut Arab University