World Bank’s Open Data at data.worldbank.org.
In April, the World Bank announced their open data initiative and made all of their data products freely available in a new interface, which includes API access for developers, dramatically increasing the availability and reach of this information.
A quick how-to guide to the new site.
Overview information of the data, publications, classifications, methodologies and FAQ.
Visualize some of these data in Google’s beta Public Data Explorer.
Kristin’s tip: power users who have used the library subscription version in the past will want to use the “Databank” option (usually indicated by a blue button) to get to long-run time series of the data with options for exporting.