The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is one of the world?s best-known series of conferences for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge on development. It is an opportunity for many of the world?s finest development thinkers to present perspectives and ideas. In 1999, in recognition of Europe?s pivotal role in the provision of development assistance and in order to bring the World Bank?s research on development into close contact with European perspectives, the World Bank created a distinctively European platform for debate on development issues. The sixth Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe was held in Brussels, Belgium, on May 10?11, 2004. The conference was co-organized by the Office of the Prime Minister of Belgium and the Ministry of Development Cooperation of Belgium. The theme of the conference was ?Doha, Monterrey, and Johannesburg: Are We on Track??