The links below take you to official press releases related to development economics at the World Bank. You can also view associated online content, if any. The individual press release pages often contain links to translated versions, and a multimedia kit.  If you are searching for press releases on a broader range of topics, see the Bank's master archive of press releases, searchable by topic and date. 2008 Press Releases | 2007 Press Releases | 2006 Press Releases
2005 Press Releases | 2004 Press Releases 2008 Press Releases | Date | Press Release | Associated Online Content | Apr 11 | Global Output Totals $59 Trillion: Developing Countries Have Increasing Share, Says World Bank (World Development Indicators 2008)
Press Release | | Apr 8 | Progress Toward Nutrition, Health, Education, and other Development Goals off Track (Global Monitoring Report 2008)
Press Release | | Mar 19 | India Top Receiver Of Migrant Remittances In 2007, Followed By China And Mexico
Press Release | | | Feb 4 | World Bank Appoints New Chief Economist. Press Release | | | Jan 9 | Developing Countries Must Improve Capacity to Absorb and Use Technology, says World Bank. Press Release | | | Jan 9 | Developing Countries to Cushion Rich-Country Slowdown in 2008. Press Release | |
2007 Press Releases | Date | Press Release | Associated Online Content | | Nov 30 | Remittance Flows to Developing Countries to Reach $240 billion in 2007, Predicts the World Bank. Press Release | | | Nov 26 | Female Migration Increases and Spurs Development, Shows World Bank Research. Press Release | | | Nov 13 | World Bank Group Calls For Broader Access to Finance.
Press Release | | | Oct 19 | World Bank Calls for Renewed Emphasis on Agriculture for Development. Press Release | | | June 28 | Migration Strongly Benefits Girls in Home Countries, Says New World Bank Book. Press Release | | | May 29 | Private Capital Flows To Developing Countries Hit New Record In 2006, But Pace Slows. Press Release | | | Apr 15 | Poverty Drops Below 1 Billion, says World Bank. Press Release | | | Apr 13 | Greater Attention Needed to Gender Equality and Fragile States to Reach Global Targets by 2015, Says World Bank-IMF Report. Press Release | |
2006 Press Releases | Date | Press Release | Associated Online Content | | Dec 13 | Growth Prospects Are Strong, but Social, Environmental Pressures from Globalization Need More Attention. Press Release | | | Oct 23 | World Bank Advises Better Forest Governance And Use of Carbon Markets to Save Tropical Forests. Press Release | | | Sept 16 | Urgent Need to Invest More in Developing World's Record Youth Population, Says World Development Report. Press Release | | | Jun 28 | Release of Purchasing Power Parity Based Household Consumption Data for Latin America. Press Release | | | May 30 | Managing Record Surge In Capital Flows Poses Challenge For Developing Countries. Press Release. | | | Apr 22 | World Bank Data Show Growth Rates Converging Among Developing Regions. Press Release. | | | Apr 20 | Progress On Millennium Development Goals Suggests Global Effort Working, Says World Bank-IMF Report. Press Release. | | | Jan 26 | Use of safeguards, Antidumping in Latin America seen as Judicious in World Bank Study. Press Release. | | | Jan 17 | World Bank Economics Conference in St. Petersburg Jan 18-19 to Unveil New Research Findings on Transition, Growth and Inequality. Press Release. | |
2005 Press Releases | Date | Press Release | Associated Online Content | | Dec 8 | Poverty and the WTO: Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda. Press Release. | | | Nov 9 | Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda. Press Release. | | | Oct 24 | International Migrations, Remittances and the Brain Drain. Press Release. | | | Sept 20 | Launch of the World Development Report 2006. Press Release. | | Apr 17
| Launch of World Development Indicators 2005 Report. Press Release | | Apr 6
| Developing Country Growth is Fastest in Three Decades, But Global Imbalances Pose Risks. Press Release | | Jan 10
| Agricultural Trade Reforms Key to Reducing Poverty. Press Release | | | Jan 6 | Protect & Promote Poor People's Knowledge to Raise their Incomes, says World Bank study. Press Release | Order Intellectual Property and Development English
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2004 Press Releases | Date | Press Release | Associated Online Content | | Nov 16 | Regional Trade Pacts must Create -- not Divert -- Trade to Reduce Poverty: World Bank Report. Press Release | | | Sept 28 | Easing Policy Risks, Costs And Barriers To Competition Keys To Faster Growth, Less Poverty: World Development Report 2005. Press Release | | | June 14 | Credible Regulation Vital For Infrastructure Reform To Reduce Poverty, Says World Bank.
Press Release | | Apr 23
| Global Poverty Down by Half since 1981 but Progress Uneven as Economic Growth Eludes Many Countries. Press Release | |
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