Open Knowledge Repository
(OKR) contains research from thousands
of works including:
World
Bank published books from 2009-2012
which includes flagship publications,
academic books and practitioner volumes;
All World
Development Reports (WDRs) since 1978;
Policy
Research Working Papers (PRWP) from
2009-2012, a series of papers that disseminate
findings of work in progress in order to
encourage the exchange of ideas about
development issues;
Economic
and Sector Work (ESW) studies from
2009-2012, a series of analytical reports
prepared by Bank staff. ESWs gather and evaluate
information about a country’s economy and/or a
specific sector;
Journal
articles from 2007-2010 published in
World Bank Economic Review (WBER) and World Bank
Research Observer (WBRO), two journals published
by Oxford University Press on behalf of the
World Bank;
Content in
languages other than English;
World Bank
Group Annual Reports and Independent Evaluation
Studies.
The OKR will be
updated regularly as new research outputs and
knowledge products are released for publication.
New content will include:
Content
published prior to 2009 (and prior to
2007 in the case of the WBER and the WBRO);
Bank-authored content published by third party
publishers including journal articles,
books and chapters;
Links to
datasets associated with a specific
work;
Other
knowledge products published by the
World Bank