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World Bank (finally) grants free access to its data!

April 23, 2010

By Christine Clough

Christine Clough is the coordinator of the Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development.

The World Bank LogoGood news for the economists and statistics wonks among us: the World Bank has recently made its substantial catalogue of data available on the web for free at http://data.worldbank.org!  We applaud the Bank for taking this important step!  The site and the data are available in four languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.  Open access to this data is invaluable for researchers and interested members of the public who want to better understand global trends on a host of topics.

Tell us, how would you like to see this data used?

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