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World Development Reports

The Bank's annual World Development Report is prepared by a selected team of experts, directed by a lead author. This page contains a list of reports and their lead authors.

Year	Report	Lead Author
2009	Reshaping Economic Geography	Indermit Gill
2008	Agriculture for Development	Alain de Janvry Derek Byerlee
2007	Development and the Next Generation	Emmanuel Y. Jimenez
2006	Equity and Development	Francisco Ferreira & Michael Walton
2005	A Better Investment Climate for Everyone	Warrick Smith
2004	Making Services Work for Poor People	Shanta Devarajan & Ritva Reinikka
2003	Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World	Zmarak Shalizi
2002	Building Institutions for Markets	Roumeen Islam
2000/2001	Attacking Poverty	Ravi Kanbur & Nora Lustig
1999/2000	Entering the Twentieth Century	Shahid Yusuf
1998/1999	Knowledge for Development	Carl Dahlman
1997	The State in a Changing World	Ajay Chhibber
1996	From Plan to Market	Alan Gelb
1995	Workers in an Integrating World	Michael Walton
1994	Infrastructure for Development	Gregory Ingram
1993	Investing in Health	Dean T. Jamison
1992	Development and the Environment	Andrew Steer
1991	The Challenge of Development	Vinod Thomas
1990	Poverty	Lyn Squire
1989	Financial Systems and Development	Millard F. Long
1988	Public Finance in Development	Johannes F. Linn
1987	Industrialization and Foreign Trade	Sarath Rajapatirana
1986	Trade and Pricing Policies in World Agriculture	Anandarup Ray
1985	International Capital and Economic Development	Francis X. Colaço
1984	Population Change and Development	Nancy Birdsall
1983	Management in Development	Pierre Landell-Mills
1982	Agriculture and Economic Development	David Turnham
1981	National and International Adjustment	Robert Cassen
1980	Poverty and Human Development	Paul Isenman
1979	Structural Change and Development Policy	Shankar Acharya
1978	Prospects for Growth and Alleviation of Poverty	D. C. Rao

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