Sources

Sources

The World Bank API offers developers information contained in the most popular World Bank databases. From projects to data and photos, you can access information by country, by type, by topic for the sources presented below. Please visit the websites of the sources to better understand the information published, the methodology followed etc..

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The Little Data Book 2009 (WDI)

The Little Data Book 2009 is a subset of the World Development Indicators (WDI) publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. It presents the latest available data for World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000.

For more information, visit: Little Data Book site | Glossary of Indicators


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The Little Green Data Book 2009

The Little Green Data Book 2008 represents a succinct collection of information from the World Development Indicators focused on environmental indicators, including indicators relating to agriculture, forestry, water, emissions, and more.

For more information, visit: Little Green Data Book site | Glossary of Indicators


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Worldwide Governance Indicators

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the period 1996–2008, for six dimensions of governance:

  • Voice and Accountability
  • Political Stability and Absence of Violence
  • Government Effectiveness
  • Regulatory Quality
  • Rule of Law
  • Control of Corruption

For more information visit: Governance Indicators site | Glossary of Indicators


Doing Business

Doing Business is a guide for evaluating regulations that directly impact economic growth, downloading underlying laws, making cross-country comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms. It provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

For more information visit Doing Business site | Data Notes & Methodology


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The World Bank Photo Library

The World Bank has a distinctive collection of over 12,000 images that illustrate development through topics such as Agriculture, Education, Environment, Health, Trade and more

For more information, visit the the photo library