Publications
WRI is committed to producing high-quality research, including reports, issue briefs, guidebooks, working papers, technical notes, and practice notes. Our research publications are subject to peer review, and are held to traditional "academic" standards of excellence, such as objectivity and rigor. We also ensure that all of our research publications are timely, fit for audience, and rooted in a strategic plan for achieving positive change in the world. If you notice an error in our research or have concerns about quality, please contact the authors and copy Vice President for Research, Data and Innovation Janet Ranganathan.
All of our research is freely available to download.
The World Resources Report is the flagship publication of World Resources Institute. The inaugural edition, An Assessment of the Resource Base that Supports the Global Economy, was published in 1986. Subsequent editions have been published at regular intervals and have provided in-depth analyses of issues ranging from human health and the environment to climate change, ecosystem services and environmental governance. Every World Resources Report builds on a strong evidence base to develop fresh insights that can help decision-makers evaluate and implement the most effective solutions.
Creating a Sustainable Food Future
Sustainably feeding nearly 10 billion people by 2050 is possible – but it will require significant innovation and investment by the public and private sector.
Towards a More Equal City
The World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City focuses on helping cities in rapidly urbanizing regions alter their development trajectories as demand for infrastructure and services grow.
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Forest For The Trees? Government Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources
by -Throughout much of the developing world, accelerating deforestation is laying waste to vital economic assets, destroying fragile soils, and driving wild species to extinction. In industrialized countries as well, forests are imperiled by pollution and contested by conflicting uses.
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World Resources 1988-89
An Assessment of the Resource Base that Supports the Global Economy
by , and -Widely recognized as a unique and authoritative assessment of the world's natural resouce base, the World Resources series has been praised as "a consumer's guide to the globe." Building on earlier editions, World Resources 1988-89 gives special attention to envi
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Environmental pollution
A long term perspective
by -Today, pollution is occurring on a vast and unprecedented scale around the globe. Trends point in two ominous directions:
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Money to burn? The high costs of energy subsidies
by -Focusing on the role of energy in the global economy, this frequently quoted report notes that unstable and unstainable energy prices have brough about many problems -- high inflation rates, world recession, and mountind debt burdens.
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World Resources 1987
An assessment of the resource base that supports the global economy
by -Special focus on the spread of toxic wastes in the developed world and sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
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World Resources 1986
An assessment of the resource base that supports the global economy
by -The inaugural 1986 edition features a special chapter on multiple pollutants and forest decline and focuses attention on a number of important issues: the environment and human health; tropical deforestation; the atmosphere as a shared resources; soil degradation; the relationship of population a
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Paying the Price
Pesticide Subsidies in Developing Countries
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Global Possible
Resources, development and the new century
by -The Global Possible project was the first undertaking of the World Resources Institute (WRI). In May of 1984, WRI staged an international meeting at Wye, Maryland, to take a fresh look at global resource and population problems and opportunities.
