Title: World development indicators

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Principal investigator(s): World Bank. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

Producer: Washington DC: World Bank

Date of creation: 2008-06-16 [latest]

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Distributor: Washington DC: World Bank

Date of distribution: 2008-11 [latest]

Access conditions/restrictions: unrestricted

Summary: Contains statistics to measure progress and demonstrate the effectiveness of development programs in traditional domains of debt, demographics, and national accounts, but in new areas such as biodiversity, information, communications, technology, and measures of government and business performance. The database includes more than 800 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.

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Geographic coverage: international

Time period: 1960-2007

Periodicity: annual

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Data type: aggregate time-series

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Unit of observation: indicator/country/year

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Citation: World Bank World development indicators [computer file]. Washington, DC: World Bank, accessed 2008-11-06 <http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/>

Notes:

• On-line database (subscription service) and cd-rom.
• Cd-rom uses the World Bank's *STARS* data retrieval system.
• General cut-off data (2008 ed.) is February 1, 2008.
• World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors recently approved a new Access to Information policy which will become effective July 1, 2010. The World Bank’s new policy underscores its commitment to transparency and accountability as the premiere institution for international development. In keeping with this new policy, the following subscription-based databases are provided to the public free of charge through a new platform on the Bank’s main website:
  1. World Development Indicators (WDI);
  2. Global Development Finance (GDF);
  3. Africa Development Indicators (ADI); and
  4. Global Economic Monitor (GEM)