World Bank World Development Indicators at ESDS International

Title: World Bank World Development Indicators, 1960- (WDI).

Access data: http://esds80.mcc.ac.uk/wds_wb/ (See Access Conditions below)

Citation: The bibliographic citation for the databases is: World Bank (<YYYY>): World Development Indictors (<date/edition of dataset>). ESDS International, University of Manchester. DOI: <edition specific doi - e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/wb/wdi/2011-04 >. See list of edition specific Digital Object Identifiers (DOI))

Edition: You will be able to access the most recent edition of the World Bank WDI at ESDS International. If you wish to access a previous edition of the data, please contact the ESDS International team directly at international@esds.ac.uk.

Creator: World Bank Group

Publisher: ESDS International

Abstract: The World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) contain statistical data for over 600 development indicators for over 200 countries and 18 country groups running from 1960 onwards. The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental indicators. These data were first provided by ESDS International in February 2004.

Main Topics: The following topics are covered:

• people: population and demographics; labour and employment; poverty and income distribution; education; health
• environment: land use and agricultural production; energy production and use; urbanization; emissions; adjusted savings
• economy: national accounts (local currency); national accounts (US dollars); derived national accounts; purchasing power parity; trade; government finance; monetary; balance of payments; external debt
• states and markets: investment climate; business environment; financial depth; tax and trade policies; defense expenditures and arms trade; military expenditures and arms trade; transport, power, and communications; information and technology
• global links: investment and trade; financial flows; development assistance and aid; migration; travel and tourism.

Dataset user guide: www.esds.ac.uk/international/support/user_guides/wb/wdi.asp

Access Conditions:

As part of its open data initiative the World Bank datasets are freely available to all (there is no need to register with the ESDS to access this data). Please refer to the Terms of Use for Datasets in The World Bank's Data Catalog at: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/0,,contentMDK:22547097~pagePK:50016803~piPK:50016805~theSitePK:13,00.html

Date of Release: First edition -9 February 2004, latest edition - see record of database updates

Copyright: World Bank Group

Contact: Help desk: international@esds.ac.uk