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WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development

See the most recent report, which shows how fundamental gender equality is for development.

WDR 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development

See the most recent report, which offers concrete, practical suggestions on conflict and fragility.

World Bank Data

Access some 7,000 indicators with time series data for more than 200 countries for up to 50 years.

NEW! The World Development Report 2012 is now fully integrated into the site. Background papers to this report can be found in the Related Content tab. Translated editions of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 editions of the WDR are now available (from Arabic, French, and Russian to Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese).

A new, free mobile application (app) for the World Development Report (WDR)is now available for the first time. Launched in December 2011, World Development Report 2012 App for iPad lets users easily locate the analysis, data, and policy recommendations of most interest throughout the report in new and multiple ways. For more information, visit http://apps.worldbank.org/wdr2012.

Welcome To The Complete World Development Report Online. Here you will find every page of every World Development Report published by the World Bank since the first report was released in 1978. Use the following tools to quickly and easily search content across, within, and related to WDRs:

Browse by Title - find any report by its title and year.

Browse by Topic - find reports pertaining to a specific development topic, ranging from agriculture, education, and the environment to infrastructure, trade and poverty reduction.

World Bank Data - access a variety of World Bank datasets, including the World Development Indicators, via data.worldbank.org

Regions - refer to this guide for an overview of how the World Bank categorizes countries by region and income group

Related Content - access World Development Report background papers going back to 2005.

Searching - use a simple Search to carry out a full-text search across all reports; use the Advanced Search option to search any combination of full text, region, topic, and title.