World Development Indicators 2011
The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources, presents the most current and accurate global development data available. WDI is the World Bank's flagship statistical publication and establishes the benchmark against which development progress is measured. This 15th edition of WDI in its current format, aims to provide relevant, high-quality, internationally comparable statistics about development and the quality of people’s lives around the globe. It focuses on the impact of the decision to make data freely available under an open license and with better online tools. The section introductions discuss key issues in measuring the economic and social phenomena described in the tables and charts and introduce new sources of data. It includes more than 900 indicators in more than 90 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Buy the book
Global Development Finance 2012
Global Development Finance (GDF) is the sole repository for statistics on the external debt of developing countries on a loan-by-loan basis. This edition of GDF presents reported or estimated data on the total external debt of all low-and middle-income countries in both electronic and print formats. Data are shown for 129 individual countries that report to the World Bank's Debtor reporting System (DRS). These countries report to the DRS under Operational Policy 14.10 mandate of the World Bank. Buy the book
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 third 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. Buy the book
The Little Data Book 2011
The Little Data Book contains 55 key development indicators such as population and population growth, GNI, GDP, GDP growth, exports and imports, and gross capital formation, deforestation, water use, energy use and electricity use per capita; and more. Buy the book
The Little Book on External Debt 2011
The Little Book on External Debt provides a quick reference on external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for the 128 countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system. Buy the book
The Little Data Book on Gender 2011
This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in gender statistics. The book presents gender-disaggregated data for more than 200 economies in an easy country-by-country reference on demography, education, health, labor force, political participation and the Millennium Development Goals. The book’s summary pages cover regional and income group aggregates. Buy the book
The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2011
This new addition to the Little Data Book series presents at-a-glance tables for more than 200 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability and applications. Buy the book
The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2011
The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development is a pocket-sized book providing data for more than 40 key indicators on business environment and private sector development in a single page for each of the World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000. Buy the book
The Little Green Data Book 2011
The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. Buy the book