Producing Knowledge for Development: Research at the World Bank

Research is one of the important activities of the World Bank and an essential input to lending. The findings of the research are used in Banks advisory services, which include policy dialogue with governments, analytical reports, and technical assistance. In addition to research, development practi...

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Published in:Global governance 2007-10, Vol.13 (4), p.469-478
Main Author: Dethier, Jean-Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bank loans
Banking policy
Banks
Decision making
Development studies
Economic Development
Economic hardship
Economic research
Environmental policy
Finance
Financial institutions
Financial investments
Foreign assistance
GLOBAL INSIGHTS
Globalization
Industrial research
International economics
International lending
International relations
Knowledge
Knowledge Utilization
Management
Methods
Millennium Development Goals
Policy Research
Research Applications
United States
World Bank
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Summary:Research is one of the important activities of the World Bank and an essential input to lending. The findings of the research are used in Banks advisory services, which include policy dialogue with governments, analytical reports, and technical assistance. In addition to research, development practitioners and policymakers need access to good-quality country-level and comparative data to be combined with high-quality global monitoring and consistent projections to enable policymakers to adjust development strategies to a rapidly changing external environment. Here, Dethier describes how research is organized and carried out in the Bank, with primary focus on the role of Development Economic.
ISSN:1075-2846
1942-6720
DOI:10.1163/19426720-01304002