Vinod Thomas, Mansoor Dailami, Ashok Dhareshwar, Daniel Kaufmann, Nalin Kishor, Roman Lopez & Yan Wang - - - The Quality of Growth – Oxford University Press. 2000, pp. 231. Price not mentioned. “The Quality of Growth” is a combined effort of economists at the World Bank to give a broader perspective of development and the means of measuring it at the end of the 20th century. The 1st chapter focuses on the development scene over the last four decades from 1960 to 2000, in terms of natural and environmental growth factors besides the conventional GDP measures. It highlights the importance of sustainable development and the factors that need to be emphasised for growth in development in real terms, accounting for elements such as; life expectancy, education, air and water pollution, reduced mortality rate, higher literacy rates besides increased income levels.