New Product Announcement--->World Bank Collection, World Development Indicators, and Global Development Finance

Three new products from the World Bank.

World Bank e-Library

An online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 3,000 World Bank documents. The collection consists of over 1,400 World Bank publications and over 2,000 Policy Research Working Papers.
This is a publisher that we purchase heavily, so this blanket subscription is welcome.
Note that the World Bank does not offer marc records, so we will likely not have individual records in the catalogue for the publications. sigh.

WDI Online (World Development Indicators)


WDI Online is the premiere data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for over 575 development indicators and time series data for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. The database is updated periodically with annual data loaded in May.
This is a handy little tool we use quite a bit on the MADGIC desk.

GDF Online (Global Development Finance)


GDF Online contains statistical data for 147 countries and country groups. The database covers external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections. The database is updated periodically with annual data loaded in January.