World Development Reports Video Link Archive
Below are a set of links to online resources related to the World Development Reports produced between 2009 and 2023. These include presentations, discussions, produced videos, as well as links to the online versions of the reports and, for the most recent ones, links to the dedicated websites.
* indicates that this is the recommended video for this approximate video duration
WDR 2024: The Middle Income Trap
2 minutes: Interview with Somik Lall
9 minutes: Interview with Somik Lall/Produced video
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies
9 minutes: Produced video
1 hour: Launch event: Introduction by Axel van Trotsenburg, online presentation by Xavier Devictor and Joyce Ibrahim, followed by online comments by invited guests.
1 hour 30 minutes: Presentation by Xavier Devictor at CGD event, followed by panel discussion (session focused on forced displacement)
1 hour 30 minutes: Presentation by Caglar Ozden at CGD event, followed by panel discussion (session focused on economic migrants)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery
1 minute*: Produced video
15 minutes*: Interview with Carmen Reinhart
30 minutes*: Presentation by Leora Klapper at EPRS online event (WDR presentation starts at 13:00; followed by Q&A and discussion)
1 hour*: Launch Event (Opening remarks by David Malpass; WDR presentation by Leora Klapper starts at 10:50; Panel with Carmen Reinhart, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Agustin Carstens, and James Mwangi starts at 15:30)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2021: Data for Better Lives
1 minute*: Produced video
15 minutes*: Presentation by Vivien Foster and Malarvizhi Veerappan (WDR presentation starts at 15:45; followed by discussion)
40 minutes*: Presentation by Dean Jolliffe and Vivien Foster (WDR presentation starts at 5:00; followed by discussion)
50 minutes: Launch Event
1 hour 40 minutes: Online team presentation of research directions and country capacity
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2020: Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains
1 1/2 minutes: Brief description by Aaditya Matoo
2 minutes*: Produced video
20 minutes*: Penelopi Goldberg interviews Caroline Freund and Aadita Matoo
35 minutes: Presentation by Penelopi Goldberg
50 minutes*: Presentation by Aaditya Matoo. (WDR presentation starts at 2:00; followed by discussion.)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2019: The Changing Nature of Work
20 minutes*: Presentation by Federica Saliola (WDR presentation starts at 1:00; followed by discussion)
25 minutes: Presentation by Michal Rutowski (WDR presentation starts at 10:00; followed by discussion)
40 minutes*: Presentation by Simeon Djankov (WDR presentation starts at 3:35)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise
3 minutes*: Produced video
15 minutes*: Presentation by Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers (WDR presentation starts at 3:03 with 1 hour follow up panel discussion).
35 minutes*: Presentation by Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers (followed by preview of South Asia companion report).
Additional material:
Facebook Live interviews with Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers:
20 minutes: At OECD with Andreas Schleicher
30 minutes: At World Bank with Alice Jowett
25 minutes: Presentation by Deon Filmer
30 minutes: Online presentation by Deon Filmer
40 minutes: Presentation by Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers with slides in Arabic (WDR presentation starts at 19:30; followed by discussion)
10 minutes: Interview “one year later” with Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2017: Governance, Law and Development
35 minutes*: Presentation by Luis F. Lopez-Calva (WDR presentation starts at 5:15; followed by discussion)
40 minutes: Presentation by Luis F. Lopez-Calva (WDR presentation starts at 2:40; followed by comments and discussion)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2016: Digital Dividends
20 minutes*: Presentation by Uwe Deichmann (WDR presentation starts at 12:55; followed by panel discussion)
20 minutes (no slides): Presentation by Uwe Deichmann (WDR presentation starts at 14:10; followed by discussion)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior
10 minutes*: Interview with Varun Gauri
25 minutes: Presentation by Varun Gauri
30 minutes*: Presentation by Varun Gauri (WDR presentation starts at 3:45; followed by discussion)
1 hour (in Spanish): Presentation by Renos Vakis and Anna Fruttero (WDR presentation starts at 23:55)
More resources (including report) at dedicated website
WDR 2014: Risk and Opportunity - Managing Risk for Development
30 minutes*:
10 minutes: Part 1 by Kyla Wethli
20 minutes: Part 2 by Rasmus Heltberg
WDR 2013: Jobs
8 minutes: Presentation by Martin Rama (followed by comments)
20 minutes*: Presentation by Martin Rama
40 minutes*: Presentation
20 minutes: Part 1 by Kathleen Beegle
20 minutes: Part 2 by Dena Ringold
(Followed by 35 minutes of Q and A with Kathleen Beegle and Dena Ringold )
45 minutes: Presentation by Samuel Freije-Rodriquez and Gordon Betcherman (WDR presentation starts at 6:00; followed by discussion)
Additional material:
WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development
2 minutes*: Produced video
5 minutes*: Description by Ana Revenga
10 minutes: Interview with Shanta Devarajan
50 minutes*: Presentation by Ana Revenga (WDR presentation starts at 6:00)
WDR 2011: Conflict, Security and Development
3 minutes*: Description by Sarah Cliffe
20 minutes*: Presentation by Sarah Cliffe (WDR presentation starts at 3:30)
40 minutes*: Presentation by Nigel Roberts
Additional:
WDR 2010: Development and Climate Change
1 minute: Description by Marianne Fey
3 minutes*: Produced video
35 minutes*: Presentation
20 minutes: Part 1 by Marianne Fey
15 minutes: Part 2 by Kirk Hamilton
WDR 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography
30 minutes*: Presentation by Truman Packard
20 minutes*: Produced video