Updated as of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings
(October 2007)

"Knowledge in Development Notes summarize the state of knowledge on important development issues," says Martin Ravallion, Director of the Development Research Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency.

Each note aims to provide a concise but reasonably deep background on recent research findings from both inside and outside the Bank.

• They identify critical linkages and challenges in development and explore what policy works, what doesn't, and what we are not sure about.
   
• They illustrate the centrol role that knowledge can play in development practice and the importance of rigorous analysis in generating that knowledge.
    
• Finally, they lay out a series of research questions for the future.