World Bank Online Resources and Mobile Apps

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World Bank

Online Resources and Mobile Apps

New! Doing Business at a Glance

Convenient access to World Bank research and data from your desktop or pocket!

Available for iPhone™.

These web portals and mobile applications allow you to quickly and easily access essential World Bank knowledge on your computer, iPad™, or iPhone™! From authoritative publications to comprehensive data to unique mapping and visualization tools, the World Bank provides a wealth of information on international development at your fingertips.

doingbusiness.org/iphone Doing Business at a Glance draws on the data and information from the World Bank’s popular flagship Doing Business which measures the ease of doing business according to business regulations in 183 economies. Once downloaded, this new free app offers portable access to the most recent rankings and data from 2010 and 2011 – without the need for an Internet connection.

World Bank eLibrary elibrary.worldbank.org

New Platform! New Features! The World Bank eLibrary is the World Bank’s full-text collection of more than 6,000 books, reports, journals and other documents on social and economic development. The new and improved eLibrary platform makes finding World Bank publications easier then ever.

Doing Business at a Glance lets you: n View

the 2010 and 2011 rankings and indicators, along with business reform summaries for each economy n Compare 2010 and 2011 rankings and indicators from economy to economy or economy to region n Sort economies by their “ease of doing business” ranking or any of the other rankings and indicators n Read the complete published Doing Business 2010 and Doing Business 2011 reports

World Bank Results

Going Mobile

Highlights n Search

across all World Bank Publications in one place social bookmarking icons for sharing content pages, abstracts, and search and browse results n Individual user accounts for content alerts, saving, exporting, and sharing n More COUNTER compliant usage statistics including usage by content type n Athens and Shibboleth authentication n e-book purchase options for non-subscribers n One-click

Keep current with what’s going mobile at bit.ly/WBmobile! Stay tuned for more great mobile applications from the World Bank!

Your Pocket Guide to

The World Bank

Going Mobile!

Debuting in early 2011 is a new mobile application about World Bank IDA and IBRD Results, that focuses on the Bank’s impact on poverty reduction and economic development. Another new mobile application providing a pocket guide to the World Bank will be available in 2011. Visit bit.ly/WBmobile to keep current with new app and mobile product releases, including apps for other devices, and link directly to the App stores once new applications are launched.

World Bank Publications • www.worldbank.org/publications • Questions? E-mail us at onlineresources@worldbank.org

WORLD BANK Publications

The reference of choice on development

facebook.com/worldbankpublications twitter.com/WBPubs

For free previews or subscription information, please contact us at onlineresources@worldbank.org

Free

The Complete World Development Report Online wdronline.worldbank.org

New Free Resource! The Complete World Development Report Online is an essential research tool that provides all WDRs since 1978 all in one place.

Highlights n Search

and browse across and within all 30+ WDRs at once n Create, save, and share your own Custom e-books from WDR chapters n Access the critical WDR background papers for reports since 2005 n Quickly save and bookmark content and searches using “My WDR” accounts n Links to the data behind the reports n Quickly see how development thinking has changed over the years

To try this new FREE resource or for more information, contact onlineresources@worldbank.org.


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World Bank Open Data

New! World Bank InfoFinder

data.worldbank.org

Available for iPad™ and iPhone™.

Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group now offers free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards and international development indicators.

www.worldbank.org/wbaccess

or search for “World Bank” in the iTunes Apps Store The free World Bank InfoFinder app makes finding information about the World Bank and its new Access to Information Policy simple and easy! It provides…

Available datasets at data.worldbank.org

n The

complete Access to Information Policy in seven languages n How and where to find World Bank information and publications n Live feeds of new documents for six regions covering 180 developing countries n GIS maps of Depository Libraries and Public Information Centers (PICs) around the world

World Development Indicators (WDI) Global Development Finance (GDF) Africa Development Indicators (ADI) Global Economic Monitor (GEM) Doing Business (DB) Available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish!

Plus more than 40 others!

World Bank eAtlases These new websites offer thematically focused eAtlases that let you map and graph key indicators that measure development progress.

New! World Bank DataFinder

With each World Bank eAtlas, you can …

Available for iPad and iPhone.

n Map

indicators by latest available data (per country) or a given year, with panning and zooming capabilities n Compare maps or graphs of two indicators side-by-side n Find indicators by word search or through related themes n Create time-series graphs for specific countries n View data in a ranking order table or bar graph n Alter map colors, intervals, and more n Bookmark, export as images or data files, import, and share

Visit data.worldbank.org/news/datafinder-for-iphone for more information or download the app at bit.ly/DataFinder The free World Bank DataFinder app lets you access 50 years of World Bank data on global economic indicators, chart and visualize that data, and share those charts for use in your presentations, research, and projects. The DataFinder is perfect for students, professors, economists, researchers, and anyone looking to quickly access global economic indicators and trends.

New! The World Bank eAtlas of Global Development bit.ly/WBOnline This forthcoming eAtlas organizes 179 indicators from the World Bank’s development database into 25 key themes, such as How Poor is Poor?, Children at Work, People on the Move, and Energy Security and Climate Change. Available in April 2011.

New! The World Bank eAtlas of the Millennium Development Goals data.worldbank.org/mdg-atlas This new eAtlas lets you map the indicators that measure progress on the eight MDGs. Derived from the World Bank’s premier data source, World Development Indicators, the eAtlas contains data for more than 150 economies, with 60+ indicators used to monitor 18 targets for the 8 major goals established by the U.N. Millennium Declaration. World Bank Publications

In addition, you can… n Display

charts with multiple countries and indicators switch between table, line and bar charts n Save reports to your Favorites n Share reports via email and CSV files n Easily

www.worldbank.org/publications


F ree O N L I N E R E S O U R C E S

F ree M obile A pplications

World Bank Open Data

New! World Bank InfoFinder

data.worldbank.org

Available for iPad™ and iPhone™.

Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group now offers free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards and international development indicators.

www.worldbank.org/wbaccess

or search for “World Bank” in the iTunes Apps Store The free World Bank InfoFinder app makes finding information about the World Bank and its new Access to Information Policy simple and easy! It provides…

Available datasets at data.worldbank.org

n The

complete Access to Information Policy in seven languages n How and where to find World Bank information and publications n Live feeds of new documents for six regions covering 180 developing countries n GIS maps of Depository Libraries and Public Information Centers (PICs) around the world

World Development Indicators (WDI) Global Development Finance (GDF) Africa Development Indicators (ADI) Global Economic Monitor (GEM) Doing Business (DB) Available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish!

Plus more than 40 others!

World Bank eAtlases These new websites offer thematically focused eAtlases that let you map and graph key indicators that measure development progress.

New! World Bank DataFinder

With each World Bank eAtlas, you can …

Available for iPad and iPhone.

n Map

indicators by latest available data (per country) or a given year, with panning and zooming capabilities n Compare maps or graphs of two indicators side-by-side n Find indicators by word search or through related themes n Create time-series graphs for specific countries n View data in a ranking order table or bar graph n Alter map colors, intervals, and more n Bookmark, export as images or data files, import, and share

Visit data.worldbank.org/news/datafinder-for-iphone for more information or download the app at bit.ly/DataFinder The free World Bank DataFinder app lets you access 50 years of World Bank data on global economic indicators, chart and visualize that data, and share those charts for use in your presentations, research, and projects. The DataFinder is perfect for students, professors, economists, researchers, and anyone looking to quickly access global economic indicators and trends.

New! The World Bank eAtlas of Global Development bit.ly/WBOnline This forthcoming eAtlas organizes 179 indicators from the World Bank’s development database into 25 key themes, such as How Poor is Poor?, Children at Work, People on the Move, and Energy Security and Climate Change. Available in April 2011.

New! The World Bank eAtlas of the Millennium Development Goals data.worldbank.org/mdg-atlas This new eAtlas lets you map the indicators that measure progress on the eight MDGs. Derived from the World Bank’s premier data source, World Development Indicators, the eAtlas contains data for more than 150 economies, with 60+ indicators used to monitor 18 targets for the 8 major goals established by the U.N. Millennium Declaration. World Bank Publications

In addition, you can… n Display

charts with multiple countries and indicators switch between table, line and bar charts n Save reports to your Favorites n Share reports via email and CSV files n Easily

www.worldbank.org/publications


F ree M obile A pplications

World Bank

Online Resources and Mobile Apps

New! Doing Business at a Glance

Convenient access to World Bank research and data from your desktop or pocket!

Available for iPhone™.

These web portals and mobile applications allow you to quickly and easily access essential World Bank knowledge on your computer, iPad™, or iPhone™! From authoritative publications to comprehensive data to unique mapping and visualization tools, the World Bank provides a wealth of information on international development at your fingertips.

doingbusiness.org/iphone Doing Business at a Glance draws on the data and information from the World Bank’s popular flagship Doing Business which measures the ease of doing business according to business regulations in 183 economies. Once downloaded, this new free app offers portable access to the most recent rankings and data from 2010 and 2011 – without the need for an Internet connection.

World Bank eLibrary elibrary.worldbank.org

New Platform! New Features! The World Bank eLibrary is the World Bank’s full-text collection of more than 6,000 books, reports, journals and other documents on social and economic development. The new and improved eLibrary platform makes finding World Bank publications easier then ever.

Doing Business at a Glance lets you: n View

the 2010 and 2011 rankings and indicators, along with business reform summaries for each economy n Compare 2010 and 2011 rankings and indicators from economy to economy or economy to region n Sort economies by their “ease of doing business” ranking or any of the other rankings and indicators n Read the complete published Doing Business 2010 and Doing Business 2011 reports

World Bank Results

Going Mobile

Highlights n Search

across all World Bank Publications in one place social bookmarking icons for sharing content pages, abstracts, and search and browse results n Individual user accounts for content alerts, saving, exporting, and sharing n More COUNTER compliant usage statistics including usage by content type n Athens and Shibboleth authentication n e-book purchase options for non-subscribers n One-click

Keep current with what’s going mobile at bit.ly/WBmobile! Stay tuned for more great mobile applications from the World Bank!

Your Pocket Guide to

The World Bank

Going Mobile!

Debuting in early 2011 is a new mobile application about World Bank IDA and IBRD Results, that focuses on the Bank’s impact on poverty reduction and economic development. Another new mobile application providing a pocket guide to the World Bank will be available in 2011. Visit bit.ly/WBmobile to keep current with new app and mobile product releases, including apps for other devices, and link directly to the App stores once new applications are launched.

World Bank Publications • www.worldbank.org/publications • Questions? E-mail us at onlineresources@worldbank.org

WORLD BANK Publications

The reference of choice on development

facebook.com/worldbankpublications twitter.com/WBPubs

For free previews or subscription information, please contact us at onlineresources@worldbank.org

Free

The Complete World Development Report Online wdronline.worldbank.org

New Free Resource! The Complete World Development Report Online is an essential research tool that provides all WDRs since 1978 all in one place.

Highlights n Search

and browse across and within all 30+ WDRs at once n Create, save, and share your own Custom e-books from WDR chapters n Access the critical WDR background papers for reports since 2005 n Quickly save and bookmark content and searches using “My WDR” accounts n Links to the data behind the reports n Quickly see how development thinking has changed over the years

To try this new FREE resource or for more information, contact onlineresources@worldbank.org.


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