Full course description
. • Are you interested in issues related to poverty measurement, the delivery of social services, trade, migration, and a broad spectrum of other topics associated with development?
• Are you looking for reliable global data to conduct your research?
• Do you need long term, comparative data by country?
• Are you seeking reports, technical papers, working papers, and studies to support your research papers, publications, or grant applications?
• Do you want interactive data for your presentations?
The World Bank is one of the most important international financial institutions that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. Its website contains a wealth of research resources and data banks that are worth exploring. This class will provide an introduction and demonstration of navigating four major World Bank online resources:
• Online World Bank Open Data
• World Development Indicators database
• Open Knowledge Repository
• World Bank Projects and Operations resource collection
Additionally, this online class includes practice questions designed to help students apply the resources covered during the course to find information and answer basic queries. By the end of the class, students should feel more confident in navigating the World Bank website to efficiently locate relevant information for their research.
This class is suitable for any faculty, staff, or student interested in learning more about the World Bank, its data resources, and other information sources—whether for personal interest, or for learning, teaching, research, or publication.