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World Bank Group Open Agenda initiatives

Policies and Key Resources

World Bank Group Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)
2000-present (30,000+ items)
Official open-access repository for World Bank research and knowledge. The majority of content is licensed under CC-BY.
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More information about OKR is available at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/faq
World Bank Documents & Reports (D&R)
World Bank Group’s final and official documents and reports from 1946 to date
World Bank Open Access Policy
The World Bank Group's official position on Open Access
World Bank's Open Data (External site)
Includes databases provided by World Bank and other agencies such as FAO, IEA, ILO, IMF, ITU, OECD, UN, UNIDO, and WEO.
The Open Data Initiative has over 2,000 indicators for over 200 countries, some going back 50 years. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
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Free and open access to global development data. Includes both time series (macro) and survey (micro) data on a wide range of topics of interest to development practitioners. Provides basic analytical tools and secure access to both including their meta-information.
World Bank Group Archives
The Archives protects the institutional memory of the World Bank Group and provides public access to records of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).
World Bank Group Archives Oral History Program
The interviews recorded by the World Bank Group Archives’ Oral History Program present a powerful picture of the World Bank Group from its post-Bretton Woods beginnings to the present day
HowOpenIsIt?
A guide for evaluating the Openness of Journals - Available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese
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A joint project by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
The Africa Portal
An online knowledge resource for policy-related issues on Africa. Also contains a directory of experts.
Open Access Resources from the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
Contains a range of resources on Open Access
OpenDocs by British Library for Development Studies (BLDS)
Contains full-text copies of developing country research
Determining Publisher Open Access Status
Lists publisher policies for copyright and self-archiving for open access research journals.
Open Access Resources from Eldis
Includes latest additions of open access resources.
Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Open Access
Peer-reviewed works (conference proceedings, journal articles, and book chapters) on technology and information resources management.
ORCID
ORCID provides a unique author digital identifier that enables recognition of a researcher's work
Impactstory
Helps researchers discover online and share the impact of their research.
Open Speakers Database
A crowd-sourced database of Open Access, Open Education and Open Data experts put together by the Right to Research Coalition and OpenCon.
Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL)
Resources on licensing, copyright for libraries, open access, library consortium development, free and open source software (FOSS) for libraries, and public library innovation.