World Development Indicators

  • Description: Published by the World Bank, it provides a comprehensive statistical survey of world development.
    The CD-ROM contains data of more than 500 time series indicators covering the years 1960-2004 for over 200 countries. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.
    WDI has sophisticated features, such as mapping and charting, and several data export format (Access, ASCII, Excel, and SAS).
  • Availability: Full-text
  • Coverage: 1960-
  • Limitation: 15 simultaneous users