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Library Directory: World Bank Country Office PIC/Libraries

Please note: listings marked [external] are Public Information Centers (PICs) operated by an external agency. These sites are listed here for the convenience of people looking for public World Bank information, but they are not members of The Library Network.

Please e-mail any corrections
to this list to Marion Richards.

Africa Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/afric.htm
Benin (Cotonou):
World Bank Documentation Center
Contact: Elysée Kiti

Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou):
Country OfficePIC/Library
Contact: Marilyn Yaguibou

Burundi (Bujumbura):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Mediatrice Ntakare

Cameroon (Yaounde):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Hélène Pieume

Chad (N'Djamena):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: (vacant)

Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan):
Centre d'Information du Public
Contact: Mesmin Meda

Eritrea (Asmara):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Sofia Woldu

Ethiopia (Addis Ababa):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Aberash Merid Begashaw

Ghana (Accra):
Public Information Centre
Contact: Sally Cudjoe

Guinea (Conakry):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Pepe Gnekoyamou

Kenya (Nairobi):
Information Center
Contact: Eunice Oyugi

Madagascar (Antananarivo):
Centre d'Information du Public
Contact: Voahangy Rakotoarinjara

Malawi (Lilongwe):
Country Office Library/PIC
Contact: John Chikopa

Mali (Bamako):
Country Office Library
Contact: Amidou Dembele

Mali (Bamako): [external]
Centre d'Information - PIC
Contact: Amidou Dembele

Mauritania (Nouakchott):
Centre de Documentation
Contact: Ba Oumar Abdoulaye

Mozambique (Maputo):
Country Office Library
Contact: Adélia Chebeia

Niger (Niamey):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Paul Dossou-Yovo

Nigeria (Abuja):
Country Office Library
Contact: Nneka Okereke

Nigeria (Lagos):
IFC Country Office Library
Contact: Ejura Phoebe Audu

Rwanda (Kigali):
Centre de Documentation
Contact: Thérèse Nibarere

Senegal (Dakar):
Centre d'Information et de Docementation
Contact: Sambagor Gueye

South Africa (Pretoria):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Mmenyane Seoposengwe

Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Evelyne Kapya

Togo (Lome):
Country Office Library
Contact: Anoum Lawson

Uganda (Kampala):
Public Information Centre
Contact: Agnes Biribonwa

Zambia (Lusaka):
Country Office Public Information Center
Contact: Liseli Simasiku-Sikota

Zimbabwe (Harare):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Margaret Matewa



East Asia & Pacific Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/eap.htm
China (Beijing):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Ying Yu

East Timor (Dili):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Edio Da Costa

Indonesia (Jakarta):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Wiwiek Sonda

Lao PDR (Vientiane):
Library/Public Information Center
Contact: Malarak Souksavat

Philippines (Pasig City):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Charito Calabang-Sanalila

Thailand (Bangkok): [external]
PIC, Chulalongkorn University
Contact: Yupin Chancharoensin

Vietnam (Hanoi):
Vietnam Development Center
Contact: Marisa Giuliani



East Asia & Pacific Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/eap.htm
China (Beijing):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Ying Yu

East Timor (Dili):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Edio Da Costa

Indonesia (Jakarta):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Wiwiek Sonda

Lao PDR (Vientiane):
Library/Public Information Center
Contact: Malarak Souksavat

Philippines (Pasig City):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Charito Calabang-Sanalila

Thailand (Bangkok): [external]
PIC, Chulalongkorn University
Contact: Yupin Chancharoensin

Vietnam (Hanoi):
Vietnam Development Center
Contact: Marisa Giuliani



Europe & Central Asia Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/eca.htm

Albania (Tirana):
Country Office Library
Contact: Ana Gjokutaj

Azerbaijan (Baku):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Turan C. Garibova

Belarus (Minsk):
Country Office Library
Contact: Ekaterina Kartashova

Bosnia & Herzagovina (Sarajevo):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Julijana Maric

Bulgaria (Sofia):
Country Office Library
Contact: Georgi Kourtev

Croatia (Zagreb):
Country Office Public Information Center
Contact: Vera Dugandzic

Georgia (Tbilisi):
Country Office Library
Contact: Eka Duchidze

Hungary (Budapest):
Country Office Library
Contact: Andrea Toth

Kazakhstan( Almaty):
Country Office Library
Contact: Ainoura Alzhanova

Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek):
Country Office Library
Contact: (vacant)

Latvia (Riga):
Country Office Library/PIC
Contact: Ilze Kursite (Library)
Contact: Eva Ernstreite (PIC)

Lithuania (Vilnius):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Patricija Sruogiene

Macedonia (Skopje):
Country Office Library
Contact: Olivija Cieva

Moldova (Chisinau):
Country Office Library
Contact: Elena Sosnovschi

Poland (Warsaw):
Information Center of the World Bank
Contact: Malgorzata Szczycinska

Romania (Bucharest):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: George Niculae

Russian Federation (Moscow):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Tatiana Piunovskaya

Tajikistan (Dushanbe):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Saodat Ibragimova

Turkey (Ankara):
Country Office Library
Contact: Meral Gokcek

Ukraine (Kiev):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Yulia Tomilenko

Uzbekistan (Tashkent):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Rada Lankina

FR Yugoslavia (Belgrade):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Mirjana Popovic



Latin America &Caribbean Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/lac.htm
Argentina (Buenos Aires):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Susana Guppy

Bolivia (La Paz):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Fernanda Pacheco

Brazil (Brasilia):
Country Office Library
Contact: Neusa Queiroz

Colombia (Bogota):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Maria Teresa de Henao

Ecuador (Quito):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Pilar Larreamendy

Guatemala (Guatemala City):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Gabriela Gonzalez

Haiti (Port-au-Prince):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact:(vacant)

Jamaica (Kingston): [external]
World Bank Caribbean PIC
Contact: Margaret Pearce

Mexico (Mexico City):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Angelica Calderon

Paraguay (Asuncion): [external]
Ministry of Finance, WB PIC
Contact: Mercedes Ocampos

Peru (Lima):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Nancy Escalante

Venezuela (Caracas): [external]
Biblioteca Ernesto Peltzer (Public Information Center)
Contact: (vacant)

Venezuela (Merida): [external]
Biblioteca Pública Central Simón Bolívar (Public Information Center)
Contact: Idalia Gonzalez



Middle East & North Africa Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/mena.htm
Egypt (Cairo):
Country Office Library
Contact: Nehal Hassan El Kouesny

Lebanon (Beirut):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Shireen Amin Ramadan

Morocco (Rabat):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Hafida Sahraoui

Saudi Arabia (Riyadh):
Country Office Library
Contact: Ayna Al-Adel

West Bank & Gaza (Jerusalem):
Country Office Library
Contact: Mary Koussa

Yemen (Sana'a):
Country Office Library
Contact: Kefah Omar Al-Sakaf



South Asia Region: For full details on address and hours of operation at a Public Information Center, please see http://www/infoshop/s_asia.htm
Bangladesh (Dhaka):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Razia Rouf

India (New Delhi):
Country Office Library
Contact: Hema Balasubramanian

Nepal (Kathmandu):
Country Office Library
Contact: (vacant)

Pakistan (Islamabad):
Country Office PIC/Library
Contact: Abdul Salam Syed

Sri Lanka (Colombo):
Country Office Library
Contact: Karmegam Amithan



Water & Sanitation Program:
Eastern & Southern Africa Library (Nairobi)
Contact: Terry Mwangi

Western & Central Africa Library (Abidjan)
Contact: Delphine Bouquin

South Asia Library (New Delhi)
Contact: Sunita Malhotra


External Affairs: For full details on address and hours of operation, please see http://www.worldbank.org/html/pic/picworld.htm
Europe (Paris):
Public Information Center
Contact: Valerie Chevalier

Japan (Tokyo):
Public Information Center
Contact: Atsuko Nuibe

USA (New York, NY):
Public Information Center
Contact: Clare Fleming

USA (Washington, DC):
Infoshop
Contact: Hannah George



Please e-mail any corrections to this list to Marion Richards.

Last Revised: August 6, 2002
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