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News Releases

12 June 2012
Global Economic Prospects, June 2012 urges developing countries to prepare for long period of volatility by re-emphasizing medium-term development strategies.

20 April 2012
The Global Monitoring Report 2012 says the developing world’s progress is seriously lagging on reducing child and maternal mortality rates, which remain unacceptably high.

18 January 2012
Global Economic Prospects 2012 warns developing countries to prepare for further downside risks to growth prospects.

Events & Talks

27 November 2012
BBL on KNOMAD and Migration and Dev. Brief
The session will report trends in remittances and migration flows and discuss a new World Bank initiative on migration and remittances.

12 June 2012
Global Economic Prospects, June 2012
The summer edition examines how the current Euro Area tensions can affect growth in developing countries

1 May 2012
Talk by Hans Timmer, Director,
Development Prospects Group
World Aluminium Conference
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Multimedia

12 June 2012
Global Economic Prospects June 2012: Managing Growth in a Volatile World
Andrew Burns, Manager, Development Prospects Group, explains why developing countries should prepare for a long period of volatility in the global economy.

20 April 2012
Global Monitoring Report 2012:Food Prices, Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals
Jos Verbeek, GMR Lead Author and Manager, Development Prospects Group, highlights the report's key findings.

29 February 2012
Global Economic Prospects 2012: Uncertainties and Vulnerabilities.
Talk by Hans Timmer, Director,
Development Prospects Group
@ The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

Research Papers & Articles

Working Paper | October 2012
What Does the Future Hold for the International Banking System?
Authors: Mansoor Dailami and Jonathan Adams-Kane, Development Prospects Group

Newsletter| October 2012
MDGs and Beyond

Working Paper | July 2012
The Odds of Achieving the MDGs
Authors: Delfin Sia Go and Jose Alejandro Quijada, Development Prospects Group

Working Paper | March 2012
Achieving the MDGs in Yemen: An Assessment
Co-author: Hans Lofgren, Senior Economist, Development Prospects Group

Working Paper | March 2012
Looking beyond the Euro Area sovereign debt crisis
Author: Mansoor Dailami, Manager, Development Prospects Group