Access to Information

    The World Bank Policy on Access to Information, launched on July 1, 2010 is a landmark disclosure policy adopted by the World Bank. Information and knowledge is publicly available also through numerous related World Bank initiatives such as Open Data, Open knowledge Repository and Open Finances. Read Overview »
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    New Finances One platform
    The new Finances One digital platform offers public financial data and portfolio information from across all World Bank Group entities in one place. in an accessible format. It allows users to explore, analyze, share, and download data, with API access available for developers. Read More »
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    Country Historical Profiles
    April 10, 2023 — Visualize the growth in World Bank Group country membership since its initial members joined in 1945 and check historical profiles of every country that has been a member of the WBG, past or present. These profiles detail the institution's work with each country and links to relevant historical resources. Read More »
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    World Bank Opens Doors 75 Years Ago
    June 25, 2021 — The World Bank opened its doors on June 25, 1946, nearly 2 years after its Articles of Agreement had been drafted at the Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire. The Second World War ended a year before the opening day, and the devastation was still felt: 60 million people had died and millions more were Read More »
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    World Bank Group digital records: For accountability, transparency and the public good
    November 19, 2020 — Two years ago, my colleagues Jeanne Kramer-Smyth and April Miller introduced the World Bank Group (WBG) Archives’ efforts to preserve digital records, and last year my colleagues Shiri Alon and Daniele Balduzzi wrote about how we’re defining the digital Read More »
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    75th Anniversary of World Bank Articles of Agreement Ratification
    To mark the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the Bank’s Articles of Agreement, the WBG Archives is launching several new products, the first of which is a new video titled “Uncover the Treasures of the World Bank Group Archives” (below).
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    Summaries of Requests
    Since April 2014, the World Bank has been disclosing, on a monthly basis, summaries of the public access requests submitted by the public, when permission to disclose was granted by the requesters.
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    Access to Information FY23 annual report
    The Access to Information fiscal year 2023 annual report is available for download.
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