World Bank Global Development Finance (GDF) Database

World Bank GDF

Year Joined PERii
2006

Resource Type
Online database

Access URL
See the new, free of charge portal http://data.worldbank.org

Content Overview
Global Development Finance (GDF) Online offers external debt and financial flow data for over 129 countries that report public and publicly guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. Time series includes over 200 indicators from 1970 through 2017. The database covers external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections.

Subject Strengths
Global Development Finance Online includes over 200 indicators: For a complete list of indicators visit the World Bank website.

Service Strengths

  • Full indexed databases, cross-searchable
  • Advanced search features
  • Small file sizes to facilitate downloading
  • Easy navigation through regional collections
  • Metadata provided in Excel so each title can be listed in online library catalogues
  • COUNTER compliant usage statistics
  • Mapping function available
  • Different language interfaces including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese

Usage Guides
For more information, see the user guide presentation (Document 2.5mb).

Registration Information
Available free of charge, no registration is necessary.

Access Information
Access by automatic IP address recognition.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
onlineresources@worldbank.org or pubrights@worldbank.org

URL to General Publisher Site
http://publications.worldbank.org/

Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.

Information for Librarians

Promotional Information/materials
Document GDF online brochure (220kb)

Publisher Newsletter Details
Visit the World Bank newsletter page to subscribe.

PERii FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page.

PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.