This year’s World Development Report (WDR) was prepared by a team led by Deon Filmer
and Halsey Rogers. The core team was composed of Samer Al-Samarrai, Magdalena Bendini,
Tara Béteille, David Evans, Märt Kivine, Shwetlena Sabarwal, and Alexandria Valerio,
together with research analysts Malek Abu-Jawdeh, Bradley Larson, Unika Shrestha, and Fei
Yuan. Rafael de Hoyos and Sophie Naudeau were members of the extended team. Stephen
Commins provided consultations support. Mary Breeding, Ji Liu, Christian Ponce de León,
Carla Cristina Solis Uehara, Alies Van Geldermalsen, and Paula Villaseñor served as consultants.
The production and logistics team for the Report consisted of Brónagh Murphy and
Jason Victor.