Learn how to use the World Bank eLibrary to quickly and easily find World Bank research and publications at the country and regional level. Tips for finding translated content, case studies, key data from World Development Indicators, as well as other materials for use in research, class, development work, and presentations are included. Viewers also learn how to set up content alerts to stay on top of the latest research available.
Using World Bank eLibrary for Country & Regional Research
1. elibrary.worldbank.org1
Two Ways to Browse to Data
• By Data Tab and by
Country Browse
• Data tab options
- Country view
- Indicator view
- Plus information
about the data set
- (See slide 17 to
for these two
views)
• Country browse
- “View More Data”
shows full data for
country view
3. elibrary.worldbank.org3
About Data Views (by Country and
Indicator)
• 50+ indicators
- Population (16)
- Environment (8)
- Economy (15)
- States and Markets (7)
- Global Links (8)
• Across all available countries
• Time series dating back to 1960
• Views
- Country view
- Indicator view
- Click on a link to change
the view
- (See slide 17 to for these
two views)
4. elibrary.worldbank.org4
Functionality and Additional Information
• Functionality
- “Select Years” to customize
view
- “Download as CSV” to
manipulate data
- “Create Citation” for
automatically created citation
- Dynamic URLs to save views
- Hyperlinked labels to switch
views
• Additional information
- Notes
- Sources
- Indicator definitions