, prepared jointly by the staff of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, provides a development perspective on the …

The World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development will look at conflict as a challenge to … to school, infants dying and mothers dying in childbirth in the developing world live in countries at risk or, affected …

The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the … women around the world still continue to struggle with gender-based disadvantages, much has changed for the better and at a …

shared histories. The World Development Report 2015 offers a concrete look at how these insights apply to development policy …

Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World examines the state of technology in … of strong growth and a 15 year period of strong performance in much of the developing world, which has contributed to …

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …