The World Bank’s Development Prospects web site provides analysis regarding the prospects for economic growth, world trade, financial flows, and primary commodities, the impact of global economic trends on the developing countries, and information about global and regional economic forecasts. The information is aimed at enabling policymakers and their advisors to anticipate and adapt to rapidly changing global economic trends.
WWW site includes some full-text publications. Users can register to receive regular updates about information available. Also includes links to related external organisations resources and WWW sites.
Global trends, full text of annual publication, “Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries” is available online, see separate entry.
International finance: “Global Development Finance”, annual publication. Sample data available online, see separate entry.
Global Commodities: produces quarterly journal, “Global Commodity Markets”, previously known as “Commodity Markets and the developing countries”. Summary is on WWW site. Full text is available online to subscribers. Also Commodity Price Data (Pink sheets) monthly summaries of commodity prices. See separate entry.
Commodity Price Data (Pink sheets) monthly summaries of commodity prices (see separate entry).