General
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- . Alphabetical listing of World Bank related topics.
- World Bank Institutions:
- (IBRD)
- (ICSID)
- (IDA)
- (IFC)
Abstracts, Indexes, and Databases
- . Annual compendium of abstracts for all active World Bank research projects. Online since 2000.
- . Provides statistics, data, and reports on different indicators, such as debt, poverty, education, and development. Information varies from country to country.
- . Provides information on World Bank infrastructure plans and projects for selected countries and regions.
- . Outlines the characteristics and evolution of World Bank loan policies.
- . Provides free access to online foreign investment and privatization resources. Database of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency including over 12,000 Web-based documents and research on economies and product markets, investment-related treaties and laws, etc.
- . Commitment by the international community (World Bank, UN, IMF, UN institutions) to promote human development for the purpose of social and economic progress using goals for measuring development progress.
- . Include links to reports, research results, databases, and statistical data on specific World Bank programs.
Full text Documents
- . Contains development information related to World Bank Group member countries dating from 1946-present. Includes country files, economic reports, sector studies, and multimedia resources.
- . Full text search or browse over 14, 000 online documents by country, document type, or sector.
- . Includes the IFC’s most recent annual report.
- . Recommended. McGill only. Access to over 4,000 World Bank publications since the late 1990s in electronic format.
- . Each year the report focuses on a different development issue. Includes statistical analysis.
Statistics
- . Organized by topic. Includes links to country tables and other statistical databases including Edstats (education statistics), HNPStats (health nutrition and population statistics), QEDS website (quarterly external debt statistics), and Gender Stats.
- (GDF Online). McGill only. Debt and financial flow indicators for countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank. Data from 1970 onwards.
- . Offers latest international data available, primarily from creditor sources, on external debt of developing and transition countries and territories. Information comes in a table format which is updated quarterly.
- . Interactive database that allows you to select and calculate poverty measures by country or country group.
- . Datasets compiled for World Bank research. Include such topics as Air Pollution in major cites and WTO Dispute Settlement database. Data available in Excel files. Coverage varies.
- . Provides access to over 1000 variables for individual African countries, 1965 to present.
- . Recommended. McGill only. This is a good place to start when looking for statistical information for countries around the world. Includes 550 development indicators, time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 onwards. Includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.