The World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Snapshots (WBGES), now in its fourth year, tracks new business registration around the world; data from this survey can be used to study the factors that foster
Evaluation SummaryWhat Can We Learn from Nutrition Impact Evaluations?High levels of child malnutrition in developing countries contribute to mortality and have long-term consequences for children’s c
This factbook presents numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a comprehensive picture of emigr
The WDI CD ROM contains time series data for more than 200 economies from 1960-2008, single-year observations, and spreadsheets on many topics. It contains more than 1,000 country tables and the text
'Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries' (GDF)—the World Bank’s annual report on debt financing of developing countries—includes comprehensive data for 128 countries that re
This World Bank publication contains the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in a single volume, with 450-plus macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African coun
How many people are using banking services in poor countries? What financial services are used? And how could access to banking services be expanded to include more people? 'Banking the Poor' explores
The Doing Business series provides research, data, and analysis on regulationin 181 economies across 10 areas of the business life cycle. Doing Business2009 identifies top reformers in business regula
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators', the World Bank's respected statistical publication presents the most current and accurate information on gl
This title seeks to provide an improved understanding of the links between environmental health risks and malnutrition, analyze new data for the environmental health burden of disease that relates to
The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Its focus is on helping the poorest people in the poorest countries by using its
The Information and Communications for Development report takes an in-depth look at how information and communication technologies (ICT) are impacting economic growth in developing countries. This ne
Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has seen tremendousgrowth-driven primarily by the wireless technologies and liberalization of telecommunications market
In 2013, the World Bank Group adopted two new goals to guide its work: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. More specifically, the goals are to reduce extreme poverty in the world to
Gender-related statistics have been abstracted from World Development Indicators 2009 for use as a quick reference. It covers 36 indicators for 1990 and 2007 in 209 member countries of the World Bank,
This book provides profiles of over 50 countries with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance, all in one handy, pocket-sized volume
The Little Data Book on Financial Development 2013 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Development Database, published as part of the work on the Global Financial Development Report 2013: Reth
Now in its eigth edition, this pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical refer
Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. A companion CD-ROM has additional
Global Development Finance 2012 on CD-ROM provides:- More than 200 time series indicators for 129 countries plus regional and income groups - Data retrieval in popular spreadsheet and database formats
