The World Bank

The World Bank - Available Databases

• World Bank eLibrary

  World Bank eLibrary

  Database Content

  • The World Bank eLibrary is one of the most comprehensive collections in the area of international development, including social, human, and economic development.
  • It contains country and regional data from World Development Indicators along with books, flagship reports, working papers and journals published by the World Bank.
  • The eLibrary offers a number of value-added functionality for easier discovery, access, and use of World Bank publications and research
• Global Financial Development

  Global Financial Development

  Database Content

  • The Global Financial Development Database is an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 203 economies.
  • The database includes measures of:
    • size of financial institutions and markets (financial depth),
    • degree to which individuals can and do use financial services (access),
    • efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets in intermediating resources and facilitating financial transactions (efficiency)
    • stability of financial institutions and markets (stability)
• World Development Indicators | DataBank

  World Development Indicators | DataBank

  Database Content

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