Deaton, AngusYusuf, ShahidDervis, KemalEasterly, WilliamIto, TakatoshiStiglitz, Joseph E.2012-03-192012-03-192009978-0-8213-7255-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2586The World Development Report (WDR) has become such a fixture that it is easy to forget the circumstances under which it was born and the Bank's motivation for producing such a report at that time. In the first chapter of this essay, the authors provide a brief background on the circumstances of newly independent developing countries and summarize some of the main strands of the emerging field of development economics. This backdrop to the genesis of the WDR accounts for the orientation of the earlier reports. The thinking on development in the 1960s and 1970s also provides a baseline from which to view the evolution that has occurred since. From the coverage in the second chapter, the authors isolate a number of key issues common to several or all of the WDRs, and the author examine these issues individually at greater length in third chapter. The discussion in third chapter, which builds on the material in the WDRs, presents some views about how far development thinking and, relatedly, policy making have advanced relative to 30 years ago. It asks whether promoting growth, building institutions, tackling inequality and poverty, making aid effective, and defining the role of the state have been rendered more tractable policy wise by the knowledge encapsulated in the WDRs. Chapter four looks ahead and points to some of the big challenges that the Bank might explore through future WDRs and the value it can add through the knowledge acquired from its cross-country operations and research.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE SENSEACCOUNTINGADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL TRADEAGRICULTUREASYMMETRIC INFORMATIONAUTONOMYAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE GROWTH RATEBANKSCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL CONTROLSCAPITAL FLOWSCENTRAL BANKINGCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL UNRESTCLIMATE CHANGECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGESCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOMPETITIVENESSDEBTDECENTRALIZATIONDEFICITSDEREGULATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDISCOUNTED VALUEDISSEMINATIONDOMESTIC MARKETSDOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATIONDOMESTIC SAVINGSECONOMETRIC ISSUESECONOMETRIC MODELSECONOMETRICSECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC AFFAIRSECONOMIC DEPRESSIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC PROGRESSECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMIC STAGNATIONECONOMIC SYSTEMSECONOMICSECONOMICS RESEARCHEFFECTIVE POLICIESELASTICITYEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPIRICAL LITERATUREEMPLOYMENTEPIDEMICEQUILIBRIUM MODELSETHNIC GROUPSEXCHANGE RATEEXPORTSEXTERNAL IMBALANCESFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SYSTEMSFISCAL DECENTRALIZATIONFISCAL POLICIESFISCAL POLICYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN POLICYFREE MARKETSFREE TRADEGDPGDP PER CAPITAGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL ECONOMYGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH POLICIESGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHIGH GROWTHHIGH POPULATION GROWTHHIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATESHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTIMPORT BARRIERSINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIAL ECONOMIESINDUSTRIAL ECONOMYINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONINDUSTRIAL SECTORINEFFICIENCYINFANTINFLATIONINFLATION TAXESINTEREST RATEINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINVESTMENT RATELABOR MARKETLABOR SHORTAGESLABOR SUPPLYLAFFER CURVELAND REFORMLEGAL STATUSLIVING STANDARDSLONG-TERM GROWTHMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMARKET DISCIPLINEMIGRATIONMIXED ECONOMIESMONETARY POLICIESMONETARY POLICYMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATURAL MONOPOLIESNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEOPEN ECONOMIESOPEN ECONOMYOPERATIONAL CONTENTPEACEPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOMESPOINT OF DEPARTUREPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY MEASURESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOLITICAL TURMOILPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR POLICIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY PRODUCTSPRIVATIZATIONPRO-POORPROFITABILITYPROMOTING GROWTHPROTECTIONISMPUBLIC ENTERPRISESPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR REFORMPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPURCHASING POWERRAPID GROWTHRAPID INDUSTRIALIZATIONRATE OF GROWTHREDUCING INFLATIONREDUCING POVERTYRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRESOURCE NEEDSRESPECTROLE MODELSRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POVERTYSAFETY NETSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECTOR REFORMSSECTORAL COMPOSITIONSHORT SUPPLYSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESPECIESSTABILIZATION POLICIESSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUBSIDIARYSUPPLY CURVESUPPLY CURVESSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTECHNICAL SKILLSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE BARRIERSTRANSPORTURUGUAY ROUNDVICTIMSVOTERSWAGESWARWARSWEALTHYOUNG PEOPLEWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7255-5