Key Product Series

• Policy Research Reports (PRRs)
  Results of World Bank research on development policy
• Policy Research Working Papers
  'Work in progress' findings encourage exchange of ideas on development
• World Development Reports
  Annual World Bank reports on key development topics
• Research Books
  Books on development economics by Bank researchers
• Global Monitoring Report
  Annual Bank-IMF reports on progress toward the Millennium Development Goals
• World Development Indicators
  The World Bank's annual compilation of data about development
• Global Economic Prospects
  Annual reports (fall/winter) with global economic forecasts and topical chapters
• Global Development Finance  Annual reports (spring) with global economic forecasts and topical chapters
• World Bank Journals
  World Bank Economic Review & World Bank Research Observer

Blogs, News & Events

Climate Change Blog
(World Development Report 2010)
Multicountry Poll: Who on Earth Cares About Climate Change?
Andrea Liverani | Nov 25, 09 

People Move Blog

(Migration & Remittances)
Migration and Remittances Trends 2009: A better than expected outcome so far but significant risks.
Dilip Ratha | Nov. 03, 2009.

Press Releases
A list of all World Bank press releases related to development research and data, with links to language translations and related websites.

Bank Conferences on Development Economics

The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) was in Seoul, June 22-24 on the theme "Lessons from East Asia and the Global Financial Crisis". Story. More about the conference.

Infrastructure Economics and Development Conference
The first annual International Conference on Infrastructure Economics and Development to stimulate economic research on infrastructure in developing countries. Toulouse, France | January 14–15, 2010. 

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