World Bank Publications

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World Bank Publications

• Central Bank Librarians Workshop
• Washington, D.C., September 15, 2002

Carlos Rossel Marketing Manager Office of the
Publisher crossel_at_worldbank.org www.worldbank.org/
publications
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World Bank Publications

• Who we are
• What we do
• How we do it

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World Bank Publications

• Who we are

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Who we are

• Office of the Publisher, EXTOP
• Dirk Koehler
• Publisher
• Carlos Rossel
• Marketing Manager
• We report to
• External Affairs, EXTVP
• Mats Karlsson
• Vice President

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Who we are

• We support the Banks poverty reduction mission
• Knowledge empowers
• Knowledge is a catalyst for change

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Who we are

• An institutional publisher
• Organized along the lines of a university press
• We benchmark our performance against that of the
  publishing programs of other multilateral
  organizations and against medium sized university
  presses
• We differentiate between publishing and
  dissemination, but we do both

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World Bank Publications

• What we do

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What we do

• Publish the Banks official publications
• License the Banks intellectual property
• Distribute and disseminate worldwide

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Publish the Banks Official Publications

• Official publications carry the Banks ISBN
  (prefix 0-8213)
• Each year we publish some
• 185 priced titles, in print and selectively
  PDF and CDROM format
• 35 free titles, in print and PDF
• Statistical databases, online and on CDROM

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Publish the Banks Official Publications

• Other programs, including in Washington, in
  country offices, and the IFC and MIGA issue
  titles not published through EXTOP

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Annual Flagship Publications

• Annual Report 1
• World Development Report 2
• World Development Indicators
• Global Development Finance
• Global Economic Prospects
• African Development Indicators
• Annual World Bank Conference on Development
  Economics
• 1 A free publication
• 2 Copublished with Oxford University Press

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Major Series

• Policy Research Reports 1
• University Press Books 1
• Regional Sectoral Studies 1
• Latin American Economic Forum 2
• Directions in Development
• World Bank Country Studies
• World Bank Working Papers 3
• 1 Copublished with Oxford University Press
• 2 A new series with the IADB and ECLAC. The
  English edition will be copublished with a major
  university press, and there will be two Spanish
  editions one for Latin America and another for
  Spain
• 3 Formerly Discussion Paper and Technical
  Paper Series

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Our Titles Deal with These Subjects

• Agriculture Rural Dev
• Banking, Finance, Invest
• Business Procurement
• Commodities, Pricing Trade
• Current Affairs
• Development Economics
• Economics (General)
• Education Training
• Energy, Industry Mining
• Environment Pollution Prevention
• Gender
• Globalization

• Governance, Civil Society, Participation
• Health, Nutrition Population
• Infrastructure, Transport, Urban Development
• Labor Income
• Legal Judicial Issues
• Poverty
• Private Sector
• Public Policy
• Social Cultural Issues
• Technology Telecomm
• Water Supply Sanitation
• World Bank

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License the Banks Intellectual Property

• In the fiscal year ended 30 June 2002, we signed
  69 agreements for translation of 43 titles into
  15 languages totaling some 167,000 copies
  published worldwide
• The Banks content is increasingly licensed to
  electronic content aggregators
• We are in discussions to develop a comprehensive
  e-library which will be marketed as a
  subscription product

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Distribute Disseminate Worldwide

• In the fiscal year ended 30 June 2002, we shipped
  415 thousand products
• 50 external / 50 internal
• 68 sold / 28 free of charge
• Network of 95 international distributors

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Pricing

• Discounts by income classification
• Low lower-middle income countries 75
• Upper middle-income countries 35
• High income countries 0
• Distributor accounts being adjusted to ensure a
  proper margin

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Pricing Policy
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International Presence

• In 2002 we have, or will, participate in the
• Financing for Development, Monterrey Summit
• Sustainable Development, Johannesburg Summit
• Frankfurt Book Fair
• Nigeria International Book Fair
• Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Cape Town
• Beijing International Book Fair
• Guadalajara International Book Fair
• Through our distributors, many national and
  regional book fairs

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Depository Libraries

• Objective To provide free access to the Banks
  published information
• Receives a free copy of all formal Bank
  publications
• Each member country is entitled to one depository
  library
• Additional depositories may be designated in
  developing countries

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Depository Library Selection Criteria

• Location Generally no more than one library is
  designated in any one city
• Facilities a public reading room and adequate
  shelf space
• Staff At least one trained librarian
• Systems Bibliographic control
• Accessibility open to the public during normal
  business hours free access
• Library users evidence of communities served
• Outreach An accessions or current acquisitions
  list should be circulated regularly to the
  library's clients

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Regional Libraries

• Receives all major annual publications and any
  official publications concerning the library's
  particular geographic region
• around 40 titles per year
• Same selection criteria as for depository
  libraries

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Depository Libraries Distributors
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Disclosure Policy Released Documents (1)

• Documents are not primarily written for
  external dissemination. They are released to the
  public according to the Banks disclosure policy.
  Most refer to specific Bank projects.
• The Banks disclosure policy promotes increased
  transparency more and more documents are made
  available outreach efforts to disseminate
  information to stakeholders are enhanced. Full
  policy on the web.

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Disclosure Policy Released Documents (1)

• Documents can be obtained from
• World Development Sources in electronic format
• Local PICs in World Bank Country Offices
• The World Bank InfoShop in Washington, D.C.
• Printed copies cost 20.00 sh (free for orders
  from and to the country of the project)
• For more information visit www.worldbank.org/infos
  hop/

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