World Development (journal)

{{Infobox journal

| title = World Development

| cover = World Development (journal).gif

| discipline = Development studies, economic development

| publisher = Elsevier

| country =

| editor = Jampel Dell'Angelo, Angelika Rettberg

| abbreviation = World Dev.

| history = 1973-present

| frequency = Monthly

| impact = 6.9

| impact-year = 2022

| website = http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/386/description#description

| link1 = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0305750X

| link1-name = Online access

| CODEN = WODEDW

| ISSN = 0305-750X

| eISSN = 1873-5991

| JSTOR =

| OCLC = 535314332

| LCCN = 73645248

}}

World Development is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering development studies. It was established in 1973 and is published by Elsevier.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 6.9.{{cite book |year=2023 |chapter=World Development |title=2022 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}