Global Development Finance

Global Development Finance is a statistical database, produced by the World Bank Group. GDF Online offers external debt and financial data for the 138 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. Data is available from 1970 to 2001 for 219 indicators such as major economic aggregates, resource flows, debt stock and currency composition with contractual obligations data until 2011. Topical country data and regional aggregates showing time series in table and chart form is also included. The GDF Online database is updated each April to include the latest-year estimates.

From the library’s web page www.utdallas.edu/library select “Finding Articles (Databases)” from the Resources list. Click on F-G and select Global Development Finance from the list.

This is a three part search. Select the country or countries, use the control key to select multiple countries and click next. Then select the Series. Use CLEAR or DELETE to tailor your search. Click next after each choice and then click VIEW RESULTS. Click on the title of the report to view it.