Key World Development Indicators added to World Bank eLibrary
The World Bank is excited to start the New Year with the first phase of the integration of data from the World Development Indicators (WDI) into the eLibrary. Now each country and regional browse includes World Bank income classification; population; GDP; GNI per capita; and life expectancy at birth at a glance.
Simply Browse by Region or Country and you will see the data box on the right. Click on an indicator to produce a chart with the time series.
In later phases, more WDI indicators will be added.
2014 World Bank eLibrary Improvements
2014 was a busy year for the World Bank eLibrary team. Here is a re-cap of the improvements in the past year:
- ePUB for books, available to subscribers only, they provide a superior reading experience on tablets, e-readers and other mobile devices (900+ ePub files and growing)
- 655 new chapters added
- Country Profiles added to Country Browses, providing convenient links to the World Bank Country Page, Country Data, Blogs, and World Bank Projects
- New filter content by "Chapters" or "Books & Chapters"
- eLibrary for Mobile, for quick and easy access on the go