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In an environment where the Bank must demonstrate its impact and value, it is critical that the institution collects and tracks empirical data on how its work is perceived by...

The global reservoir and dam database, version 1 (revision 01) contains 6,862 records of reservoirs and their associated dams with a cumulative storage capacity of 6,197 cubic...

The relationships between trade facilitation, trade flows, and capacity building are complex and challenging to assess, both empirically and in implementation. This working...

The Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) is a decision-support tool designed to help cities quickly identify under-performing sectors, evaluate improvement and...

World Bank-approved boundaries (and polygons) including international boundaries, disputed areas, coastlines, lakes and a guide to help with their usage. Corresponding admin 1...

Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: The scientific evidence is now overwhelming. Continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions and associated...

The study includes a merged core data file from the 7 country RuralStruc surveys conducted in 2007-2008.

Estache and Goicoechea present an infrastructure database that was assembled from multiple sources. Its main purposes are: (i) to provide a snapshot of the sector as of the end...

The Rapid Emergency Response Survey (RERS) 2017 is a pilot project that developed a rapid, low cost methodology using phone interviews to identify critical developmental binding...

This shapefile contains polylines that represent all the perennial water courses in the world.

Data on the cost of a passport in the country of issue was collected by the World Bank in October 2005. The principal form of collection was through faxes, emails and telephone...

Two different maps of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification: World map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification observed using CRU TS 2.1 temperature and GPCC Full v4...

The Migration Cost Surveys (MCS) project is a joint initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) and the International Labor Organization...

Fay and Yepes estimate demand for infrastructure services over the first decade of the new millennium based on a model that relates demand for infrastructure with the structural...

This research was carried out by the World Bank in 2008. Financial support for this research was provided by the Research Department of the World Bank, and the Economics of...

Access UN COMTRADE including exports, re-exports and re-imports in Harmonized System (HS) and Standard Industrial Trade Classification (SITC). Convert into derived nomenclatures...

Dataset used for Aart C. Kraay et al. "Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004". The paper presents the latest update of the aggregate governance indicators,...

The Global Investment Competitiveness Survey (GIC Survey) offers practical evidence to help policy makers design policies and prioritize reforms that investors value. It...

Well-functioning financial systems serve a vital purpose, offering savings, credit, payment, and risk management products to people with a wide range of needs. Yet until now...

UNEP’s dynamic on-line platform for sharing contextualized data and knowledge to keep the environment under review.