Initiated by infoDev, Global Information and Technologies Department, World Bank, the WDR mission is to facilitate an international dialogue that generates and disseminates new knowledge on frontier issues in regulation and governance to support the development of network economies.
The WDR core activities are:
- dialogue on interactive web site: WDR promotes dialogue on frontier issues within the regulatory community
- discussion papers, working papers and reports: WDR research teams produce a series of reports based on the priority research questions identified each year
- forum discussions among experts: WDR and its partner organisations host numerous expert meetings, seminars and public forums throughout the year, many of which you can join. Information will be posted on the WDR News section of the home page of this website or you can subscribe to the WDR e-Brief
- wide dissemination in print and electronic form: in addition to this website, WDR research papers are presented at conferences and published widely in print