A surprising consensus now exists among economists that there is “no one way to do things.” As far back as 1979, the IMF’s Guidelines on Conditionality stressed the need to avoid blueprint approaches, pay due regard to individual political and economic circumstances of particular countries, and keep the number of conditions attached to loans to a minimum. The World Bank (2005, p. 22) recognised in its 2005 Conditionality Review that “the lessons of the 1990s show that generalised policy prescriptions often fail, and that there is no single model of development.” Such declarations cut across ideological divides. Stiglitz (2005, p. 1) observes “if there is a consensus today about what strategies are likely to help the development of the poorest countries it is this: there is no consensus.” Feldstein (1998, p. 5) makes a similar point: