UNDB is published both online and in paper form and is available on subscription. The paper version is printed and mailed twice monthly. The online version (UNDB Online) is updated several times a week. UNDB Online is searchable by region, country, sector, bank, and other parameters that enable users to identify sales and consulting leads.
UNDB contains four general categories of information sources as follows:
- Development Bank Operational Summaries: these documents list hundreds of projects being considered for financing by the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the African Development Bank Group
- World Bank New Project Approvals
- Procurement Notices: announcing contracts financed by development banks, UN agencies and governments
- Contract Award information: This section provides announcements of many recently awarded World Bank and Asian Development Bank contracts, including the type of goods, works or services involved, the amount of contract award, and the name and country of the executing agency
Web site also includes business directory listing web sites of companies/consulting firms involved in international business – free online access.