World Bank data now open to all

I am copying this post from the BUSLIB-L digest announcing newly open access to extensive data available through the World Bank.

Sharon

Date:    Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:26:31 -0500
From:    "Gray, Gwendolyn" 
Subject: World Bank opens their data

All,

I just read this and thought I would share.  It’s a wonderful development!

WORLD BANK GROUP OPENS DATA TO ALL

World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor are now free, open, and easy to access at data.worldbank.org

Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group now provides free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe—some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.

Gwen

Gwen Gray
Business & Economics Librarian
172 Ellis Library
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO  65201-5149