World Bank
Note that you can also search the Bank's WWW site by keyword, if you get lost. The site includes:
(a) Background information on the Bank, news and press releases, information on job opportunities at the Bank (Including Young Professionals Program and Summer Employment Program)
(b) Country and project information: from the Public Information Centre (PIC) and the Operations Evaluation Department (OED). Many of the most recent project/sector materials are now available on the site in full-text via the World Development Sources site (see separate entry)
(c) Sectoral Information (i.e. sectors of the Bank): the Global Environment Facility (GEF); Latin America and Caribbean Region technical Department (LAT); Vice Presidency for Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) (which includes: Environment Department; Agriculture and Natural Resources Department; Transportation, Water and Urban Development Department); Cofinancing and Financial Advisory Services Vice Presidency; Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
(d) Publications: database of commercially available, WB publications in print, with an abstract (note that this does not include the titles which are not distributed commercially, e.g. some of the sectoral discussion papers. See the Sectoral Information section of the site for lists/copies of these). Title and abstract are searchable. Some titles are available as full text (or as full-text selections). Also lists local distributors and depository libraries. Contents pages of recent issues of some journals (World Bank Economic Review, World Bank Research Observer (both with abstracts), Commodity Markets and Developing Countries, Financial Flows and Developing Countries (both with full text of feature articles) with are available.
(e) Research Studies: economic data, analysis and training from the Bank's Development Economics staff. Comprises: Information Bank on African Development Studies (IBADS), from the Africa Technical Department; Electronic Media Center; CGIAR Secretariat
(f) Inspection Panel: independent body responding to requests to look at specific WB projects. Includes contact information, press releases, list of requests, list of documents held in PIC
Published Documents
- Investing In Communities Achieves Results: Findings from an Evaluation of Community Responses to HIV and AIDS
- R Rodriguez-García / World Bank, 2013
- Before the scale-up of the international response to the AIDS pandemic, community responses in developing countries played a crucial role in providing services and care for those affected. This study is the first comprehensive, mixed-...
- China’s pension system: a vision
- World Bank, 2013
- China is facing a dramatic ageing process and demographic transition as a result of declines in fertility combined with significant increases in longevity. Old-age dependency ratios are therefore projected to almost triple over three ...
- Growing green: the economic benefits of climate action
- U. Deichmann / World Bank, 2013
- The economic impacts of climate change already threaten development gains; unchecked emissions will come at rising economic cost and increasing risk to individuals. This report argues that there is a clear case for all economies to mo...
- Economics of climate change in the Arab world: case studies from the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen
- D. Verner / World Bank, 2013
- Scarce water and high temperatures have shaped the cultures of the Arab region over thousands of years. Today, however, the region is confronting climate variability and change that could alter and threaten development in the region. ...
- Disaster risk management in south Asia: a regional overview
- World Bank, 2012
- The number of disasters per year has quadrupled over the past four decades in the South Asia Region (SAR), resulting in damages of over US$25 billion in the past five years alone. However, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards...
- Experiences of matching defined contribution pension schemes
- World Bank, 2013
- Matching defined contribution schemes are gaining popularity in both rich and poor countries as a promising means to reduce gaps in the participation in formal pension systems. Matching contributions by employers, the government, or b...
- Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin: reconciling economic growth and forest protection
- C. Megevand / World Bank, 2013
- The Congo Basin contains 70 per cent of Africa's forest cover. This report finds that although the deforestation rates in the area have historically been low, the trend is likely to change dramatically due to the combination factors, ...
- Information and Communication Technologies
- World Bank, 2012
- This chapter explores issues and challenges related to the collection of data about the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education in East Asia. Despite widespread efforts across the region to introduce ICTs...
- ICT Competency Framework for Teachers in Nigeria
- M. Hooker / Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative, 2011
- This study presents the findings of a Needs Assessment and situation analysis in Nigeria carried out for the Teacher Development for 21st Century (TDev21) program—a joint effort of the World Bank1 and Global e?Schools and Communi...
- Rural households in a changing climate
- J. E. Baez; D. Kronick; A. D. Mason / World Bank, 2013
- This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the autho...
