World Bank eLibrary Online Databases

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World Bank e-LibraryOnline Databases
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What the World Bank Does

• One of the world's largest sources of development
  assistance
• In fiscal 2002, it provided more than US17
  billion in loans to developing countries
• Works in more than 100 developing economies
• Primary focus helping the poorest people and the
  poorest countries
• The largest external funder for
• Education HIV/AIDS
• Health Biodiversity Projects

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The Knowledge Bank

• To support the quality of its operations and to
  promote economic development in client countries,
  the World Bank
• Compiles indicators of social and economic
  development
• Undertakes cutting edge research on an array of
  public policy issues

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The World Bank is the Premier Source for
Research and Data on Social and Economic
Development
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World Bank e-Library

• Launch May 20, 2003
• The premier collection on international, social
  and economic development
• An electronic collection of World Bank
  publications
• Includes 1,250 backlist titles and all current
  and forthcoming titles
• Plus over 1,800 peer reviewed World Bank Research
  Working Papers
• A subscription product

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e-Library Features

• Powered by Ingenta
• Indexed and fully searchable content
• Unlimited access across subscribing institution
  or access to selected authorized users
• Access by IP range
• Usage statistics
• Individual titles also available at Ingenta.com,
  pay-per-view

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e-Library Topics

• Agriculture
• Education
• Environment
• Finance
• Globalization
• Governance
• Health Population
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• International Economics

• Labor Employment
• Macroeconomics Growth
• Poverty
• Private Sector Development
• Public Sector Management
• Rural Development
• Social Development
• Transition Economies
• Urban Development

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e-Library Subscriptions

• Institutional subscriptions only
• Subscription cycle calendar year
• Options
• e-Library
• e-Library WDI and GDF Online
• Subscribe through
• The World Bank
• Your preferred subscription agent
• Library consortia

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e-Library Prices

• Based on FTEs / authorized users
• Pro-rated and billed according to start date
• Discounts offered to institutions in developing
  countries (http//publications.worldbank.org/disco
  unts)
• Print archive option
• Subscribing institutions will receive one copy
  of
• each title published during the subscription
  period

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e-Library
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e-Library
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Scrolling down to read more
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e-Library
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About World Bank Data

• Statistical data on all aspects of development
  are essential to achieve the goal of a world
  without poverty.
• Data are needed to set baselines, identify
  effective public and private actions, set goals
  and targets, monitor progress and evaluate
  impacts.
• Data are an essential tool of good government,
  providing a means for people to assess what
  governments do and helping them to participate
  directly in the development process.

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World Bank Databases

• World Bank databases available as subscription
  products
• World Development Indicators (WDI) Online
• Global Development Finance (GDF) Online

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WDI Online

• Premier source for social and economic data
• Database on social, economic, financial, natural
  resources, and environmental indicators. Time
  series data from 1960
• 575 indicators, 207 countries, and 18 regional
  and income groups

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GDF Online

• Premier source for financial data
• Database on external debt and financial flow data
  for 147 countries and country groups
• Time series for 217 indicators from 1970 to 2002,
  with contractual obligations through 2012
• Indicators include external debt stocks and
  flows, major economic aggregates, key debt
  ratios, average terms of new commitments,
  currency composition of long-term debt, debt
  restructurings, scheduled debt service projections

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WDI and GDF Features

• Data updated annually in January (GDF) and May
  (WDI)
• Data outputs can be indexed, viewed as graphs,
  and exported in standard formats including Excel
• Individual and Institutional Subscription

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WDI and GDF Individual Subscription

• Subscriptions are entirely automated
• (should be purchased online)
• Subscription cycle annual
• Access by username/password
• Options
• WDI Online ( purchase at http//publications.world
  bank.org/WDI/)
• GDF Online (purchase at http//publications.worldb
  ank.org/GDF/)
• Prices
• WDI Online - USD 100
• GDF Online - USD 400
• Discounts offered to subscribers in developing
  countries (http//publications.worldbank.org/disco
  unts)

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WDI and GDF Institutional Subscription

• Subscribe through
• The World Bank
• Your preferred subscription agent or library
  consortia
• Subscription cycle calendar year
• Access by IP authentication
• Options
• WDI Online
• GDF Online
• Subscribe to WDIGDF package and get 10 off the
  total
• Prices
• Based on number of FTE / authorized users
• Pro-rated and billed according to start date
• Discounts offered to subscribers in developing
  countries (http//publications.worldbank.org/disco
  unts)

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Step 1 select countries
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WDI Online
Step 2 select series
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WDI Online
Step 3 select years
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WDI Online
Results (multiple viewing / scaling options and
orientations available)
Data can be exported in Excel / ASCII
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WDI Online
Chart export function
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GDF Online
Selection of countries, series and years is the
same as in WDI online
Results (multiple viewing / scaling options and
orientations available)
Data can be exported in Excel / ASCII
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GDF Online
Chart export function
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The Knowledge Bank

• We have been in the business of researching
  and disseminating the lessons of development for
  a long time. But the revolution in information
  technology increases the potential value of these
  efforts by vastly extending their reach. To
  capture this potential, we need to invest in the
  necessary systems, that will enhance our
  ability to gather development information and
  experience, and share it with our clients.
• We need to become, in effect, the Knowledge
  Bank.
• James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank

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Questions?

• Triinu TombakCustomer Relations, Online
  Databases
• Office of the PublisherThe World
  Bankpubrights_at_worldbank.org
• Phone [phone]Fax [phone]Visit
  our website www.worldbank.org/online