[bksvol-discuss] Newest Publisher: The World Bank
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:18:00 -0800
The World Bank, the world’s largest development institution, headquartered in
Washington, D.C. , has signed our agreement, giving us world rights to their
large library of publications emerging from their vast research, analysis, and
data gathering projects around the world. They will be providing files in
EPUB.
They will be delivering 350 backlist and frontlist titles initially. Ongoing
they publish approximately 180 titles per year. Additionally, they publish 500
PDF-based working papers each year that are fairly scholarly in nature and post
these on their website and have offered us free access to them. For more than
three decades, The World Bank's annual World Development Report has provided an
extraordinary window on development economics, with reports covering topics
ranging from agriculture, the role of the state, and labor to infrastructure,
health, the environment, and poverty.
Established in 1944, The World Bank is comprised of 187 member companies and
has over 10,000 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide. Its mission is
to reduce poverty worldwide by promoting growth to create economic
opportunities and helping poor people take advantage of these opportunities.
They support governments of member countries in their efforts to invest in
schools and health centers, provide water and electricity, fight disease, and
protect the environment. The dissemination of that research in their
publications is a necessary part of the Bank's objectives, because they believe
that knowledge and information, to have value, must be shared.
The World Bank is not a bank in the common sense, but is made up of two unique
development institutions owned by their member countries: the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International
Development Association (IDA).
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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