World Bank Research

Homepage. The World Bank is a cooperative of 189 member countries with a focus on economic development throughout. Provides loans and analysis.

Contains World Bank documents such as meeting minutes, country date, economic and sector work, loan/credit documents, and journals, working papers, and more. Includes a helpful FAQ.

Includes World Bank published books from 2009-2012; all World Development Reports (WDRs) since 1978; Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP) from 2009-2012, a series of papers that disseminate findings of work in progress in order to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues; Economic and Sector Work (ESW) studies from 2009-2012, a series of analytical reports prepared by Bank staff.

The World Bank's DataBank "is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics." You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and save, embed, and download data. Includes a large number of sources but not every data source by the World Bank. Includes flagship report: World Development Indicators

Access to all the World Bank's economic, social, population, and development data. The Data Catalog link lists all the available datasets. The By Country tool allows users to view and download data for each country by topic for multiple years. Includes all time series, microdata, and geospatial data.

"Unit-level data obtained from sample surveys, censuses, and administrative systems" from the World Bank as well as others for agencies. Includes metadata, supporting documents, and reports. Also includes a detailed Knowledge Base and an API.

World Bank's "premier compilation of cross-country comparable data or development" . Includes access to the Databank, bulk downloads, API documentation, stories, and links to the reports back from 1978-2017. In 2018, the report was replaced by the WDI website.

List of research guides on topics such as agriculture & rural development, anti-racism, climate change, education, gender equality, migration, etc.

"Offers a variety of online historical resources and information products, such as ISAD(G) finding aids, transcripts of oral history interviews, and exhibits featuring the Archives' collection and World Bank history." Some material is available online.

World Bank/IMF Library Network guide that gives guidance on finding details on the Bank. Very detailed. Pages include Focus on Countries, Data, Legal Cases & Grievances, and more.