For anyone else wondering what it's about:<p><a href="http://data.worldbank.org/about" rel="nofollow">http://data.worldbank.org/about</a> - "The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, together with other datasets cited in the data catalog."<p>It apparently focuses on ending poverty and the sharing of data is a big tool for that.