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  Founded in 1944, the World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. The Bank, which provided US$19.5 billion in loans to its client countries in fiscal year 2002, is now working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty. For each of its clients, the Bank works with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to formulate assistance strategies. Its country offices worldwide deliver the Bank's program in countries, liaise with government and civil society, and work to increase understanding of development issues.

  The World Bank is owned by more than 184 member countries whose views and interests are represented by a Board of Governors and a Washington-based Board of Directors. Member countries are shareholders who carry ultimate decision-making power in the World Bank.

   The Bank uses its financial resources, its highly trained staff, and its extensive knowledge base to individually help each developing country onto a path of stable, sustainable, and equitable growth. The main focus is on helping the poorest people and the poorest countries.

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Online Databases

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE (GDF Online)

Subscription valid for 365 days from date of purchase
  Subscribe to GDF Online and get access to statistical data for the 138 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. The database covers external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections. * Institutional subscribers --libraries, corporations, and academic institutions

WORLD DEVELOPMENTS INDICATORS (WDI Online)

Subscription valid for 365 days from date of purchase
  WDI Online is the premiere data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2000 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data selection screens are intuitive and easy to use. Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage change, and charted. These features plus data export options in standard formats like Excel make WDI Online the most useful tool yet for researching developmental data.

  A Great Value for Individual Subscribers*! The annual subscription for WDI Online is valid for 12 months from the start date of your subscription. Minor updates to the database will be made during the period, with updates to GNI and population data in September.

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Publications on CD-ROM

World Bank e-Library

 e-Library is an electronic portal to the World Bank's full-text collection of books, reports, and other documents. It brings together in a fully indexed and cross-searchable database, over 1,000 titles published by the World Bank during the past several years and every new title. The World Bank e-Library will be available beginning May 20, 2003. A beta version will be launched on April 10, 2003 and will be accessible from this page.

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