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These web portals and mobile applications allow you to quickly and easily access essential World Bank knowledge on your computer, iPad™, or iPhone™! From authoritative publications to comprehensive data to unique mapping and visualization tools, the World Bank provides a wealth of information on international development at your fingertips.
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The reference of choice on developmentWORLD BANK Publications
Convenient access to World Bank research and data from your desktop or handheld device
W O R L D B A N K
Online Resources and Mobile Apps
THE WORLD BANK
LIBRARYelibrary.worldbank.org
The World Bank eLibrary is the World Bank’s subscription-based, online collection of 6,000+ books, reports, journals, and working papers including:
Development Outreach magazine, and World Bank Economic Review and World Bank Research Observer journal articles published since 1996
All 4200+ World Bank policy research working papers published since 1995
Nearly 2,500 ebooks and flagship reports (some dating as far back as the 1970s) plus all new ebooks as they are released
eLibrary offers an efficient way to access all World Bank formal publications and research in one cross-searchable platform.
The World Bank eLibrary is focused on short- and long-term research needs and focuses on those publications that are of most interest to researchers, professors, and students. This carefully curated collection saves researchers valuable time and ensures they will quickly find the final and/or peer reviewed version.
Subscriptions are only available at the institutional level and access is granted via IP authentication. All content may be viewed online, downloaded, and printed free of DRM.
Check out The World Bank eLibrary at elibrary.worldbank.org
Questions or want a free trial? Contact us at [email protected]
Useful tools and features for researchers and libraries
Browse by content type, topic, keyword, series, and other fields
Search by full text and numerous other fields, such as title, author, topic, region, publication date, keyword, and more
Options to export search results to Endnote and BibTex
One-click social media icons for sharing pages and abstracts as well as search and browse results
Customized new content alerts and RSS feeds based on user preferences
Downloadable metadata and MARC records for easier indexing and cataloging
COUNTER compliant usage statistics including usage by content type, including consortia reports
Athens and Shibboleth authentication Institutional branding on the eLibrary home page Open URLs
Request a free trial
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data.worldbank.org
Recognizing that transparency, accountability, and reliable data are essential to development, the World Bank now offers free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive data sets on living standards and more than 7,000 international development indicators.The World Bank’s Open Data portal provides access to more than 60
databases, datasets, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources including:
World Development Indicators (WDI) Global Development Finance (GDF) Africa Development Indicators (ADI) Global Economic Monitor (GEM) Doing Business (DB) NEW! Microdata Library
Learn more at data.worldbank.org.
F R E E O N L I N E R E S O U R C E S
These thematically-focused eAtlases let you map, graph, and visualize key indicators that measure development progress for use in reports, presentations, and research.
With each World Bank eAtlas, you can easily…
Map indicators by latest available data (per country) or a given year, with panning and zooming capabilities
Compare maps or graphs of two indicators side-by-side
Find indicators by word search or through related themes
Create time-series graph for any countries
View data in a ranking order table or bar graph
Alter map colors, intervals, and more Bookmark, export as images or data
files, import, and share
The World Bank eAtlas of Global Development data.worldbank.org/atlas-global
The World Bank eAtlas of Gender data.worldbank.org/atlas-gender
The World Bank eAtlas of the Millennium Development Goalsdata.worldbank.org/mdg-atlas
wdronline.worldbank.orgThe Complete World Development Report Online is an essential research tool that allows users to easily access and search across the full collection of WDRs published since 1978. Search and browse across and within
all 30+ WDRs at once Create, save, and share your own
Custom e-books from WDR chapters Access the critical WDR background
papers for reports since 2005
Quickly save and bookmark content and searches using “My WDR” accounts
Access World Bank data to supplement the reports
Access foreign language editions of the 2008-2010 WDRs
Quickly see how development thinking has changed over the years
To try this FREE resource or for more information, contact [email protected].
World Bank Open Data
The Complete World Development Report Online
Looking for more free World Bank online resources? Visit www.worldbank.org/open for the latest information on all World Bank open development tools.
Available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish!
World Bank eAtlases
F R E E M O B I L E A P P L I C A T I O N S
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Keep up with The World Bank’s latest mobile apps at apps.worldbank.org!
These are just a few of the apps offered by the World Bank. Explore our other new apps, including World Bank Finances and the World Bank Climate Change Datafinder.
Visit apps.worldbank.org to keep current with new app and mobile product releases, and link directly to the App stores once new applications are launched.
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www.worldbank.org/publications
World Development Report 2012 for iPadAvailable for iPad™apps.worldbank.org/wdr2012
The World Development Report 2012 App for iPad makes this key World Bank flagship on gender equality and development both accessible and mobile. Go straight to the analysis, data, and
policy recommendations you need via key message, region, topic, and dozens of keywords. You can also access bonus material on gendersome created specifically for this appthat supplement the report and its findings.
World Bank at a GlanceAvailable for iPhone™apps.worldbank.org/wbataglance
At last - everything you ever wanted to know about the World Bank at your fingertips! World Bank at a Glance explains what the World Bank Group is, its organization, and its activities in developing countries. The app provides succinct explanations of a wide range of topics, from results and reforms, to project cycles, to contacts, business and job opportunities, and ways to interact with the Bank via Social Media.
Doing Business at a Glance 2012Available for iPhoneapps.worldbank.org/doingbusiness
Looking to expand overseas? Doing Business at a Glance draws on the data and information from the World Bank’s popular flagship that measures the ease of doing business according to business regulations in 183 economies. This new free app allows immediate comparison of the most recent rankings and data from 2011 and 2012 across
economies and regions – without the need for an Internet connection.
World Bank DataFinderAvailable for iPad, iPhone, and Androidapps.worldbank.org/datafinder
The free World Bank DataFinder app lets you access 50 years of World Bank data on global economic indicators, chart and visualize that data, and share those charts for use
in your presentations, research, and projects. The DataFinder is perfect for anyone looking to quickly access global economic indicators and trends on the fly.
World Bank Results at a GlanceAvailable for iPad and iPhoneapps.worldbank.org/wbresults
The World Bank Results at a Glance app features easy offline access to more than 450 World Bank results profiles, organized by Topic, Country, MDG, or Keyword. Supplementary material includes a timeline and FAQs about the World Bank, information on The International Development Association (IDA) and MDGs, and more.
World Bank InfoFinderAvailable for iPad and iPhoneapps.worldbank.org/infofinder
The free World Bank InfoFinder app makes finding information
about the World Bank and its Access to Information Policy simple and easy!