Using World Development Indicators 2000 on CD-ROM, Part 1

Note: Data users at UW-Madison may wish to access current World Development Indicators online via the University's subscription.

Summary of CD-ROM Contents

The World Development Indicators (WDI) CD-ROM provides a comprehensive statistical survey of world development. It contains information on 224 countries and country groups for the 39 years from 1960-1998. There are 551 time series indicators covering six areas:

• World View
• People
• Environment
• Economy
• States and Markets
• Global Links

Note that like most macro data not every series is available for every country for every year.

The CD-ROM runs on the Win*STARS data retrieval system, version 4.2 for Windows for time series data.

Extractions can be made in a variety of formats, including: Excel XLS files, SAS files, MS Access MDB files, dBase DBF files, or straight ASCII files.

WDI Introductory Videos

The WDI CD-ROM contains six video clips that introduce topics in which the World Bank is involved:

• Hunger
• Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use
• Water
• Vaccines 2000
• AIDS
• World Links for Development

These videos can be accessed from the main screen of the program by choosing the button. Note that the videos do not provide instruction on how to use the WDI CD-ROM.

Getting Help

• At any point in the program you can get information about features, special function keys, and the mouse by pressing F1 or clicking the button.
• To exit Help, press Esc or close the help window.

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Last updated 16 October, 2006.