Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library
Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
The World Bank Group is made up of 5 organizations with memberships from 185 countries:
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
a "sister institution" that often works closely with the World Bank
Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.
The University Libraries have an excellent collection of World Bank material. To locate it:
Search The CAT
Material that was received in paper or microfiche is listed in the cat and filed in the general library collections.
Search World Bank e-Library [Penn State Libraries]
More recent World Bank materials are not listed in The CAT but are available full text through the World Bank e-Library. This resource includes all books and periodicals. Some, but not all of these materials are also listed in The CAT.
Search Statistical Insight [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
World Bank materials with substantial statistical content are received as part of the Statistical Insight Index to International Statistics (IIS) microfiche set. While some of this material is also available in print or through World Bank e-Library, Statistical Insight is the best place to identify a publication that has the specific data you need.
Visit the World Bank Website
Some additional material is freely available on the World Bank's website.
In addition to statistical data freely available on their Web site, the libraries subscribes to two crucial World Band statistical databases. Together these two resources provide extensive data sets of high-level country data.
WDI: World Development Indicators [Penn State Libraries]
International Financial Statistics [Penn State Libraries]