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The World Bank – KDI School

6th Development Impact Conference

 

The World Bank–KDI School 6th Development Impact Conference is hosted by the World Bank’s Development Impact department in partnership with KDI School of Public Policy and Management. Building on a decade of DIME–KDI School collaboration, the event serves as a dynamic forum for showcasing high-quality academic research and innovative impact evaluations of development programs. It brings together researchers, policymakers, donors, and development practitioners with a shared commitment to generate, apply, and scale rigorous evidence that improves development outcomes. This year’s conference will be held in Washington, D.C., on November 6–7, 2025. We welcome papers on all topics in development, and this year’s special thematic area are the below:

 

  • Education, Social Protection, and Jobs in the Digital Age
  • Agricultural and Rural Development and Resilience 
  • Universal Health Coverage and Advancement of Health Services 
  • Productive Uses of Energy and Emissions Management 
  • Governance and Development in Fragile, Conflict-Affected, and Volatile Contexts 
  • Urban Development and Gender Inclusivity
     

The past conference programs can be found for 2024 and 2023.

 

 

 

Important Dates

 

Submission Deadline: August 29, 2025. 

Acceptance Notification: September 26, 2025. 

Conference Dates: November 6-7, 2025. 

 

 

 

 

Submission Guidelines

 

Please fill out this form to submit your paper or extended abstract. Only complete paper drafts will be considered for the main conference sessions, but a lightning session will accept extended abstracts. All submissions must be in English. The submission deadline is August 29, 2025.

 

Graduate students who do not have a full paper are encouraged to submit an extended abstract for the lightning session. Please use the same form to submit your extended abstract. For guidelines on the lightning session, please see below. 

 

 

For further inquiries, please contact Dahyeon Jeong (dahyeonjeong@worldbank.org).

 

 

 

 

 

Student Lightening Session

 

The lightning session is designed to provide additional opportunities for graduate students to showcase their research and engage with conference attendees. In the lightning session, each presenter will deliver a 5-minute presentation, followed by a Q&A session.  

Travel Subsidies

 

Partial travel subsidies will be available for graduate students. All eligible submissions will automatically be considered for travel subsidies, and there is no separate funding application. Decisions will be communicated in early October.

Conference Committee

 

  • Paul Christian, Acting Manager, World Bank Development Impact 
  • Aidan Coville, Senior Economist, World Bank Development Impact 
  • Dahyeon (DJ) Jeong, Economist, World Bank Development Impact 
  • John Loeser, Economist, World Bank Development Impact 
  • Hee Kwon (Samuel) Seo, Economist, World Bank Development Impact 
  • Narae Lee, Impact Evaluation Officer, World Bank Development Impact 
  • Florence Kondylis, Research Manager, World Bank Development Research Group 
  • Dongil Lee, Assistant Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management 
  • David Sungho Park, Assistant Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
  • Trinh Pham, Assistant Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management

FAQs

Yes. Please use the Sign Up button to register. This confirms your attendance for either the in-person event or access to the livestream. Once registered, you’ll receive an email with event access details, location or login instructions, and timely reminders.

The event recording will be available on this page shortly after it concludes. If you registered via the Sign Up button, you’ll receive a follow-up email with a link to watch the replay and access any resources shared during the event.