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Data Books: World Development Indicators 2011
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult more than 900 indicators for more than 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 90 tables. Learn more or buy now.
Atlas of Global Development, Third Edition: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges
Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated second edition of the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing our world today. Keeping abreast of a changing world, new topics have been added including child employment, internet use, foreign direct investment, food production and energy flows. Learn more or buy now.
Data CDs: World Development Indicators 2011 CD-ROM
The WDI CD ROM* contains time-series data for more than 200 economies from 1960-2009, single-year observations, and spreadsheets on many topics. It contains more than 1,000 country tables and the text from the World Development Indicators 2011 print edition. Buy now.
Data Visualization Tools: Data Visualizer Bubble Chart
Data Visualizer is a World Bank tool which employs “bubble charts” to display data in four dimensions. In each chart, the size of the country circle represents a volume measure, such as population or GDP. The position of the bubbles is determined by the indicators selected for the horizontal and vertical axes. The time series used in Data Visualizer is a subset of 2009 World Development Indicators database. As of 4/20/2010, Data Visualizer contains 49 indicators for 209 countries and 18 aggregates from 1960-2007. Data includes social, economic, financial, information & technology, and environmental indicators.
Mobile Applications: DataFinder for iPhone and iPad:
The World Bank DataFinder lets you access fifty years of World Bank data on global economic indicators, chart and visualize that data, and share those charts for use in your presentations and projects. The DataFinder will be of use to students, professors, economists, researchers, and anyone looking to learn more about global economic indicators and trends. Download the DataFinder app