"World Development Report" is published by "World Bank".
The World development report was published in 1978 for the first time and since then it is being published annually as a guide for analysis and policy recommendations regarding the social, economic, ecological and environmental state of the world at present by the World Bank.
The World Bank is one among the Brettonwood twins established as an outcome of the Conference held in Brettonwood, New Hampshire, USA in 1944 for the purpose of deciding a new monetary system.
The World Bank consists of a group of five closely associated institutions propitiating the role of development in the member nations in different fields.
The Five closely associated institutions under the World Bank are -
The International Bank for Reconstruction and development
The International Development association
The International finance corporation
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
The International centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes