| Mar. 15, 2013 | DEC Opens its Doors to Operational Experts
New program to give on-the-ground experts opportunity to inform Bank's research agenda. (internal link only, sorry!)
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| Feb. 2013 | Asli Demirgüç-Kunt named Director, Development Research Group |
| Jul. 2012 | World Bank Economists Win the Journal of Development Studies' Dudley Seers Prize
Dominique Van De Walle and Ren Mu won the prize for their paper titled, “Rural Roads and Local Market Development in Vietnam.” Development Research Group's Michael Woolcock and Vijayendra Rao (along with Simon Sretzer) won an honorable mention for their paper, “How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy?” The announcements will be in the journal's November issue. |
| Jun. 2012 | New book co-authored by Michael Woolcock Co-Winner of the Sociology of Development Section Faculty Book Award by the American Sociological Association. “Contesting Development: Participatory Projects and Local Conflict Dynamics in Indonesia," will be given the award during the ASA's annual meeting in August. |
| Jun. 2012 | Martin Ravallion, Development Research Group Director, Appointed Acting World Bank Chief Economist, announcement. |
| Sep. 2011 | Follow World Bank Research on Twitter @wb_research for the latest working papers, economic trends, data, and impact evaluations. |
| Aug. 2011 | RePEc ranks the World Bank Group first
Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Development, as of August 2011 |
| Jul. 2011 | Martin Ravallion awarded 2011 John Kenneth Galbraith Award "for outstanding contributions to humanity through leadership, research and service" at the annual conference of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Martin donated the award's prize money to an AAEA fund to finance travel costs for students from developing countries attending future AAEA conferences. (Video interview by AAEA with Mr. Ravallion) |
| Dec. 2010 | The first annual prize for excellence was awarded by the journal Climate Policy for the paper "Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations: Two Dimensions of Vulnerability," by Piet Buys, Uwe Deichmann, Craig Meisner (World Bank); Thao Ton That (UNEP/GRID Geneva): David Wheeler (Center for Global Development). Climate Change 9(3): 288-305, 2009.
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| Mar. 2009 | Will J. Martin - Appointed Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, in recognition of his many contributions to the economics of agriculture and trade policy. |
| Apr. 2008 | Maureen Cropper elected to membership in the U.S. National Academy of Sciences along with 71 others in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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| Sep. 2007 | Martin Ravallion new Director of the Development Research Group, World Bank. |
| Aug. 2007 | Honorable Mention, Outstanding Review Article
American Agricultural Economics Association
"Distortions to World Trade: Impacts on Agricultural Markets and Farm Incomes," Kym Anderson, Will J. Martin, and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, Review of Agricultural Economics 28(2), 2006. |
| 2007 | Quality of Communication Award
American Agricultural Economics Association
Poverty and the WTO: Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda, eds. W. Hertel and L. Alan Winters, World Bank.
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| 2007 | Annual Aware for Quality of Research Discovery
Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda, eds. Kym Anderson and Will Martin.
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| 2006 | Quality of Communication Award
American Agricultural Economics Association
Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda, eds. Kym Andeson and Will Martin.
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| Nov. 2006 | Hewlett awards $1.5 million 2-year grant to Development Research Group for a research program on fertility, reproductive health & socioeconomic outcomes.
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2005 | Quality of Research Discovery Award
American Agricultural Economics Association
"Success and Failure of Reforms: Insights from Transition Agriculture," Scott Rozelle (University of California) & Johann Swinnen (World Bank), Journal of Economic Literature 42(2), June2004.
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| 2005 | Publication of Enduring Quality Award
American Agricultural Economics Association
"Adoption of Agricultural Innovations in Development Countries: A Survey," Gershon Feder (World Bank), Richard Just (University of Maryland), and David Zilberman (University of California at Berkeley), Economic Development and Cultural Change 33(2): 255-98, 1985.
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| Jul. 2005 | Gershon Feder appointed Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association |
2004 | Quality of Research Discovery Award
American Agricultural Economics Association
"Getting Institutions Right for Whom? Credit Constraints and the Impact of Property Rights," Michael Carter (University of Wisconsin) & Pedro Olinto (World Bank),American Journal of Agricultural Economics25, 2003.
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2003 | Quality of Research Discovery Award
American Agricultural Economics Association
"Hazards of Expropriation: Tenure Insecurity and Investments in Rural China," Hanan Jacoby & Guo Li (WB) and Scott Rozelle (University of California), American Economic Review; 92(5), 2002.
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| | Publication of Enduring Quality Away -American Agricultural Economics Association
"Futures Markets and the Theory of the Firm under Price Uncertainty," Gershon Feder (World Bank), Richard Just (University of Maryland), and Andrew Schmitz, Quarterly Journal of Economics (March): 317-28, 1980.
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2002 | 2nd Place, Iddo Sarnat Award of Journal of Banking and Finance
"How does Foreign Entry Affect Domestic Banking Markets, " Asli Demirguc-Kunt,Stijn Claessens (World Bank), Harry Huizinga, Journal of Banking and Finance 25(5), April 2001. |
2000 | Best Contributed Paper Award, International Association of Agricultural Economists, International Association of Agricultural Economists, XXIV Conference 2000
"The Green Revolution and the Productivity Paradox: Evidence from the Indian Punjab," Rinku Murgai (World Bank), Agricultural Economics 25, 2001. |
2000 | Global Development Network 2000, First Place Medal for Research Theme: Escaping Poverty
"Sources of Ethnic Inequality in Viet Nam," Dominique van de Walle (World Bank) & Dileni Gunewardena (University of Peradineya), Journal of Development Economics 65, 2001.
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| 1999 | Best Paper Award, Southern Finance Association
"Capital Structures in Developing Countries,” Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World Bank), V. Aivazian, L. Booth, V. Maksimovic, Journal of Finance 56(1), 2001. |
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