Below are a series of background papers that have informed some of the research in the World Development Report 2025:
- Using Standards to Promote Sustainable Development. Stefan Ambec
- The Roles of Standards in Education and Training. Diego Luna-Bazaldua, Amber Gove, Nicolas Acevedo-Rebolledo, Marie-Helene Cloutier, and Xiaoyan Liang
- Setting Norms and Standards in Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities. Ipchita Bharali, Osondu Ogbuoji, and Gavin Yamey
- The Ethiopian Quality Standards Regime. Luigi Caloi, Admasu Shiferaw, and Eric Verhoogen
- Standard Sizes: The Government’s Role in Diffusing Mass Production Techniques in the United States, 1917–1960s. Colleen A. Dunlavy
- The Political Economy of Safety Standards: The Different Approaches of France and Britain in the 19th Century. Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
- Dairy Trade and Non-Tariff Measures: Cross-Country Analyses. Beliyou Haile and Tancredi Musco
- The Role of Standardization in India’s Economic Development. Anupam Kaul
- The Evolution of Quality Infrastructure: Experiences and Prospects of Advanced Economies and Developing Countries. Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke, Ann-Sara Ramkissoon, Christian Schoen, and Philip Grinsted
- Lessons from Private Food Safety Standards as a Governance Mechanism for Agri-Food Value Chains. Spencer Henson
- China’s Evolution in International Standardization: From Follower to Global Leader. John Jiong Gong and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang
- The Role of Cooling Standards in Climate Adaptation to Extreme Heat. Radhika Khosla
- From Standards Adopter to Standards Author: The Case of the Republic of Korea. Heejin Lee and Mi-jin Kim
- Standards and Competition. Sara Nyman and Tania Begazo
- Standards and the Regulation of Plastic Wastes in Developing Countries. Kate O’Neill and Sangcheol Moon
- Digital Public Infrastructure: Setting Standards with the Hourglass Model. Abhishek Sankritik and Siddharth Shetty