World Bank’s Knowledge for Development Center
The World Bank has partnered with the Armenian General Benevolent Union Papazian Library at AUA, 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.
Online access to the World Bank archive dating back to 1947 and the Bank’s 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 & 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:
- World Development Indicators
- Global Development Finance
- Africa Development Indicators
- Global Economic Monitor
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