LibGuides: Library Resources for IFC: Data & Statistics

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World Bank and IMF Links

World Bank's Data & Statistics (WB Internal)
Access data sources including WDI, International Debt, Int'l Financial Statistics (IFS) and more.
World Bank's Open Data (External site)
Includes databases provided by World Bank and other agencies such as FAO, IEA, ILO, IMF, ITU, OECD, UN, UNIDO, and WEO.
The Open Data Initiative has over 2,000 indicators for over 200 countries, some going back 50 years. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
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Free and open access to global development data. Includes both time series (macro) and survey (micro) data on a wide range of topics of interest to development practitioners. Provides basic analytical tools and secure access to both including their meta-information.
International Financial Statistics (IFS)
IMF Database

Includes World Economic Outlook, Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), IFS and others

Deal Information - Request from WBG Library

Several of these services are not available at your desktop, but WBG Librarians can help!

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Deal Data
Bonds, Loans, and Equity deals. Ask a Librarian for help -send email with search criteria to ladevelopment@librarynetwork.org
Dealogic's ProjectWare
Access not available at your desktop. Ask a WBG Librarian to pull data for you.
IJGlobal
Provides news and analysis of global infrastructure finance. Coverage of oil & gas, power, social & defense, telecoms, renewables, transport, water, and mining sectors. Database includes the following: transaction and project search, company directory, transaction explorer, asset mapping, project and corporate finance league tables.
M&A Deals
WBG Library can provide you with deal details on mergers & acquisition deals. Send us an email with your search criteria: ie: country/region, date range, industry of targets, etc.
Private Equity Investments
Send email with search criteria to ladevelopment@librarynetwork.org

Selected Statistical Resources

EIU
All EIU Resources: including Country Risk, World Investment and EIU Market Indicators.
EIU Country Risk
Web-based interactive tool for analysing country credit risk. The risk model assesses the country credit risk of 100 emerging markets and highly indebted countries and provides an early warning system of financial crises in developing countries. Ratings and scores for six regional aggregates determine the riskiness of a region and serve as a benchmark for comparison.
World Bank's Data & Statistics (WB Internal)
Access data sources including WDI, International Debt, Int'l Financial Statistics (IFS) and more.
WB Commodity Prices
Includes links to WB's Pinksheets, monthly and historical prices on major commodities.
Global Private Capital Assoc (GPCA) formerly known as EMPEA
A global industry association for private capital that provides information on investment trends and activity in emerging markets. Contains industry statistics, global insights and membership network coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East & North Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (incl. Turkey). IFC is a member and all IFC staff may register for access at no cost. USE YOUR OFFICIAL @ifc.org ADDRESS
FAOStats
Food & Agriculture statistics
OECD iLibrary
Provides online access to the full-text of all OECD periodicals, monographs, annuals, outlooks, policy reviews, conference proceedings, analytical reports, guidelines, working papers, as well as the full content of OECD.Stat. Our license includes access to the International Energy Agency (IEA) databases. For best results, please use Google Chrome. Users have reported issues with Internet Explorer.