South Asia - Public Information Services

Public Information Centers (PICs) are walk-in facilities that provide information on World Bank operations and research. PIC collections include World Bank project documents as well as books, periodicals and videos on development issues.

Contact each PIC for address and hours of operation.

- Afghanistan PIC
- Bangladesh PIC
- India PIC

- Nepal PIC
- Pakistan PIC
- Sri Lanka PIC

Global Jolis: Online catalog of publications available to the public in World Bank PICs around the world.

Depolib: Online portal to find a library in your country holding World Bank publications.

World Bank e-Library: Online portal to access a collection of more than 1,600 World Bank publications and 2,400 Policy Research Working Papers.

Project Database: Use keywords to look for documents on all lending from 1947 onwards.

Terminology: glossary explaining types of activities, acronyms and common terms used in World Bank documents.

Disclosure policy: clauses guiding all aspects of public access to information about World Bank activities and operational documents.