Additional Information Sources

Book Distributors

To provide efficient service at lower prices, the World Bank establishes special local pricing agreements with distributors in many countries at significant discounts. For more information, please contact any of our local distributors.

 Local Book Distributors

e-PIC

ePIC is the new virtual catalog of the World Bank. Here you can find information on development data, reports, and World Bank activities available at Public Information Centers around the globe.

  e-PIC

Development Data

The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sources.

  Data Catalog 

B-SPAN

B-SPAN is a webcasting service that presents World Bank seminars, workshops, and conferences on a variety of sustainable development and poverty reduction issues via streaming video. B-SPAN streams these events on the Internet, archives them on the B-SPAN web site, offers them in their original unedited format, and provides indexing for quick access to specific speakers.

 Featured B-SPAN Webcasts

InfoShop

The InfoShop is the World Bank's public information center and development bookstore located in Washington, D.C.

The InfoShop offers various facilities ranging from free information in the form of reports and documents to products such as books, publications and souvenirs. It carries publications from a variety of publishers—including international and nongovernmental organizations. Several computers in the InfoShop allow public access to the World Bank’s web site.

 InfoShop