World Bank's Knowledge for Development Center

The World Bank has partnered with the American University of Armenia Papazian Library, to bring to you, through the Knowledge for Development Center, up-to-date and thorough information on World Bank-sponsored development projects in Armenia, as well as research/analytical work on the country and global development issues. The Center provides hard copies of recent World Bank publications, reports, studies, project information, videos, documentaries and other materials, as well as on-line access to the World Bank archive dating back to 1947, giving opportunity to download/print out any publicly available document in database.  

 

Press  Releases

Includes press releases about The World Bank 2011-2012 projects and activities.

 

e-Library 

The World Bank e-library is fully cross-searchable portal of over 5,000 World Bank documents. The collection consists of over 2,000 World Bank publications and over 3,200 Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published. From the KDC, you gain unlimited access to a wealth of knowledge and expertise on development issues throughout the years and across a wide range of subjects.

 

Projects and Operations Databases

The Projects database provides access to basic information on all of the World Bank's lending projects from 1947 to the present. It also provides links to publicly disclosed online documents. For older projects, there is a link to the Archives catalog, which contains records of older documents. Where available, there are also links to contract awards since July 2000.

 

Documents and Reports

Documents & Reports database contains more than 65,000 World Bank documents which are made available to the public in order to better share the institution's knowledge base. The types of documents you will find include: Country Focus (strategic priorities and directions for lending activities); Economic & Sector Work (in-depth background studies); Project Documents and Publications & Research (formal publications, working papers & informal series from departments around the Bank).

 

The World Bank’s Open Data

The following subscription-based databases of the World Bank are now provided to the public free of charge through a new World Bank Data website:


The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)

 

OKR is the World Bank’s new repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. Through the OKR, the World Bank collects, disseminates, and permanently preserves its intellectual output in digital form. The OKR is interoperable with other repositories and supports optimal discoverability and re-usability of the content by complying with Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) standards and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).  Upon launch, the OKR will include approximately one-third of the content available in eLibrary.

 

 

World Development Indicators

The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

 

Global Development Finance

Focuses on financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing countries. Includes over 200 time series indicators from 1970 to 2010, for most reporting countries.

 

Africa Development Indicators

The primary World Bank collection of development indicators on Africa, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

 

Global Economic Monitor

Providing daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income- as well as developing countries. Daily data updates are provided for exchange rates, equity markets, interest rates, stripped bond spreads, and emerging market bond indices. Monthly data coverage (updated daily and populated upon availability) is provided for consumer prices, high-tech market indicators, industrial production and merchandise trade.

 

This new site currently contains the full World Development Indicators; Global Development Finance; Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor as well as several other World Bank databases. The Global Economic Monitor (GEM) portal is also available free of charge and can be accessed through http://www.worldbank.org/gem