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OVERVIEW

The Development Research Group is the World Bank’s in-house research department, which aims to conduct research to help guide development policy for the Bank and external clients alike. With eight programs, it produces the majority of the Bank’s research and enjoys a high international profile. More →

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Localizing Development

Participatory local development projects have been the subject of intense debate and advocacy, and billions of dollars in development aid. The new Policy Research Report assesses the extent to which this investment has paid off. Read More »

SOFTWARE

Software for Poverty Mapping

PovcalNet: Calculate measurements of poverty

SURVEY PROGRAMS

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA)

BOOKS

Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class (November 2012)

POLICY RESEARCH REPORTS

Localizing Development: Has the Participatory Approach Worked? (2012)

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	Agriculture & Rural Development		Human Development
	Computational Tools		Macroeconomics & Growth
	Environment & Energy		Poverty & Inequality
	Finance & Private Sector Development		Trade & International Integration

Journal Articles

Is There a Metropolitan Bias? The Relationship between Poverty and City Size in a Selection of Developing Countries
2012
World Bank Economic Review
Celine Ferre, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Peter Lanjouw

The Mental Health Gender-Gap in Urban India: Patterns snd Narratives
November 2012
Social Science & Medicine
Jishnu Das, Ranendra Kumar Das, Veena Das

Working Papers

Blogs
In the News

Growing the middle
November 13, 2012
Should we care equally about poor people wherever they may live?
November 8, 2012
Some pitfalls in global investing
November 12, 2012

Like a Piece of String: Sizing the Gap
The Economist
October 13, 2012
Why a President Romney Would Have Obama To Thank for an Economic Recovery
Washington Post
October 5, 2012
World Bank Economists Win the Journal of Development Studies' Dudley Seers Prize
July 2012

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DATA

New Policy Research Working Papers

6275	The World Bank and governance : the Bank's efforts to help developing countries build state capacity	2012/11
6274	Infrastructure policy : basic design options	2012/11
6273	Replicating replication : due diligence in Roodman and Morduch's replication of Pitt and Khandker (1998)	2012/11
6272	Evaluating workfare when the work is unpleasant : evidence for India's national rural employment guarantee scheme	2012/11
6271	Is India's manufacturing sector moving away from cities ?	2012/11

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