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AVA:
AI + Verified Analysis
AVA:
AI + Verified Analysis
AVA:
AI + Verified Analysis
AVA delivers cited policy insights from the curated Knowledge of the World Bank.
About AVA
About AVA
About AVA
AVA(ai) is knowledge you can trust
AVA is a new AI-powered tool to interact with publicly available development research—instantly and confidently. Built on a curated library of World Bank official reports and select publications, AVA (ai) delivers reliable, multilingual summaries, synthesizes insights across topics, links directly to cited sources, and includes a writing assistant to help you draft your own work—all in one focused, transparent platform.
Curated Library
Curated Library
Curated Library
A growing collection of the World Bank’s most influential research:
World Development Reports
Global Economic Prospects
Policy Research Reports
Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Reports
International Debt Reports
Women, Business and the Law
Business Ready Report
And many more coming…
Features
Features
Features
We think differently
We think differently
We think differently
Our thinking is unique, so is our work:
Our thinking is unique, so is our work:
Focused and Curated
Draws only from World Bank research and selected volumes—no internet noise.
Synthesis, not search results
Distills and connects insights across documents.
Multilingual
Just type your query in your language of choice and view the insights in the same language.
Transparent by Design
All answers are cited and traceable, so you can verify and trust what you find.
Intellectual Humility
If a question falls outside the library or isn’t clearly framed, AVA (ai) lets you know—no guesswork.
Memory
Short term and Long term memories make AVA the smartest of all to help you solving real world problems.
Focused and Curated
Draws only from World Bank research and selected volumes—no internet noise.
Synthesis, not search results
Distills and connects insights across documents.
Multilingual
Just type your query in your language of choice and view the insights in the same language.
Transparent by Design
All answers are cited and traceable, so you can verify and trust what you find.
Intellectual Humility
If a question falls outside the library or isn’t clearly framed, AVA (ai) lets you know—no guesswork.
Memory
Short term and Long term memories make AVA the smartest of all to help you solving real world problems.
Focused and Curated
Draws only from World Bank research and selected volumes—no internet noise.
Synthesis, not search results
Distills and connects insights across documents.
Multilingual
Just type your query in your language of choice and view the insights in the same language.
Transparent by Design
All answers are cited and traceable, so you can verify and trust what you find.
Intellectual Humility
If a question falls outside the library or isn’t clearly framed, AVA (ai) lets you know—no guesswork.
Memory
Short term and Long term memories make AVA the smartest of all to help you solving real world problems.
FAQs
FAQs
FAQs
Answering your questions
Answering your questions
Answering your questions
Got more questions? Send us your enquiry below
Got more questions? Send us your enquiry below
Got more questions? Send us your enquiry below
What infrastructure, website, or service powers AVA?
AVA is powered by a partnership between the Institute for Economic Development and the team at Nouswise.
How is AVA different from traditional search engines like Google or AI tools like ChatGPT?
Unlike regular search engines that provide broad results from the open internet, AVA is focused and curated, drawing only from World Bank research and selected volumes, eliminating internet noise. It provides synthesis, not just search results, by distilling and connecting insights across documents. Compared to general AI tools, AVA is transparent by design (all answers are cited and traceable) and knows what it doesn’t know (if a question falls outside its library or isn't clearly framed, AVA will inform the user, avoiding guesswork).
What kind of questions can AVA answer?
✅ Good Questions
🚫 Won’t Work
• Big-picture insights
"How can investments in human capital drive productivity growth?"
• Exact data points (→ use World Bank Open Data)
"What is the literacy rate in Mozambique?"
• Policy evidence
"What policies have been linked to job creation in low-income countries?"
• Unrelated topics (only World Bank reports)
“How do I make soup?"
• Thematic overviews
"What role does infrastructure play in economic development?"
• Creative tasks (real insights only)
"Write me a story about development."
What kind of data does AVA use and process?
AVA ingests and digests a curated library of World Bank official reports and select publications. This includes influential research such as World Development Reports, Global Economic Prospects, Policy Research Reports, and others specified on our website.
How does AVA handle user queries? Is it multilingual?
Yes, AVA is multilingual. Users can type their query in their language of choice and view the insights in the same language. An agentic process then takes over, which includes: (1) Detecting the language of the query; (2) Understanding the query; and (3) Recognizing the user's intent. Once the system understands what the user is looking for, it proceeds to retrieve the most relevant information. Currently, AVA understands 60 languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.
How does AVA ensure transparency and allow users to verify information? AVA is transparent by design.
All answers are cited and traceable, allowing users to verify and trust what they find. It links directly to cited sources within the World Bank reports.
Who is AVA intended for?
AVA is for development policy practitioners needing a fast, reliable entry into the World Bank's vast research knowledge base. * Think tanks exploring development trends. * Policy teams scanning evidence for decision-making. * Government analysts drafting briefs, or summaries.
Is AVA a publicly available tool for everyone yet?
AVA is currently in a phase where it's onboarding a "first wave of users" by invitation/registration of interest.
How does AVA "synthesize" information rather than just providing search results?
AVA "distills and connects insights across documents." This goes beyond simple keyword matching. Leveraging its underlying Nouswise technology, it processes documents to understand their structure and content as interconnected entities. When you query, it doesn't just find mentions but performs a reasoning process to combine relevant information from multiple sources within its curated library, generating a synthesized analysis with insights.
Can AVA handle very specific or complex queries related to development research?
Yes, AVA is designed for this. The underlying Nouswise technology is built to understand "arbitrarily complex queries" in natural language. Combined with its focus on synthesizing insights from the curated World Bank library, it should be capable of addressing detailed and nuanced questions within its domain.
Does AVA provide direct policy recommendations?
AVA provides synthesized insights, summaries, and links to evidence from World Bank reports. While this information can be invaluable for policy teams scanning evidence for decision-making, AVA itself is a tool for interacting with research, not an entity that forms or issues its own policy recommendations. The insights are drawn from existing World Bank analyses.
My organization does a lot of interesting work that compliments the reports on AVA. How can I get these uploaded to AVA?
We’re always looking for new and relevant reports. If you would like to suggest your organization’s reports for inclusion, please email us at [email protected] with the relevant information (organizational website, links to documents). Our team will review them for suitability, and we'll be in touch about the possibility of adding them to AVA.
What infrastructure, website, or service powers AVA?
AVA is powered by a partnership between the Institute for Economic Development and the team at Nouswise.
How is AVA different from traditional search engines like Google or AI tools like ChatGPT?
Unlike regular search engines that provide broad results from the open internet, AVA is focused and curated, drawing only from World Bank research and selected volumes, eliminating internet noise. It provides synthesis, not just search results, by distilling and connecting insights across documents. Compared to general AI tools, AVA is transparent by design (all answers are cited and traceable) and knows what it doesn’t know (if a question falls outside its library or isn't clearly framed, AVA will inform the user, avoiding guesswork).
What kind of questions can AVA answer?
✅ Good Questions
🚫 Won’t Work
• Big-picture insights
"How can investments in human capital drive productivity growth?"
• Exact data points (→ use World Bank Open Data)
"What is the literacy rate in Mozambique?"
• Policy evidence
"What policies have been linked to job creation in low-income countries?"
• Unrelated topics (only World Bank reports)
“How do I make soup?"
• Thematic overviews
"What role does infrastructure play in economic development?"
• Creative tasks (real insights only)
"Write me a story about development."
What kind of data does AVA use and process?
AVA ingests and digests a curated library of World Bank official reports and select publications. This includes influential research such as World Development Reports, Global Economic Prospects, Policy Research Reports, and others specified on our website.
How does AVA handle user queries? Is it multilingual?
Yes, AVA is multilingual. Users can type their query in their language of choice and view the insights in the same language. An agentic process then takes over, which includes: (1) Detecting the language of the query; (2) Understanding the query; and (3) Recognizing the user's intent. Once the system understands what the user is looking for, it proceeds to retrieve the most relevant information. Currently, AVA understands 60 languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.
How does AVA ensure transparency and allow users to verify information? AVA is transparent by design.
All answers are cited and traceable, allowing users to verify and trust what they find. It links directly to cited sources within the World Bank reports.
Who is AVA intended for?
AVA is for development policy practitioners needing a fast, reliable entry into the World Bank's vast research knowledge base. * Think tanks exploring development trends. * Policy teams scanning evidence for decision-making. * Government analysts drafting briefs, or summaries.
Is AVA a publicly available tool for everyone yet?
AVA is currently in a phase where it's onboarding a "first wave of users" by invitation/registration of interest.
How does AVA "synthesize" information rather than just providing search results?
AVA "distills and connects insights across documents." This goes beyond simple keyword matching. Leveraging its underlying Nouswise technology, it processes documents to understand their structure and content as interconnected entities. When you query, it doesn't just find mentions but performs a reasoning process to combine relevant information from multiple sources within its curated library, generating a synthesized analysis with insights.
Can AVA handle very specific or complex queries related to development research?
Yes, AVA is designed for this. The underlying Nouswise technology is built to understand "arbitrarily complex queries" in natural language. Combined with its focus on synthesizing insights from the curated World Bank library, it should be capable of addressing detailed and nuanced questions within its domain.
Does AVA provide direct policy recommendations?
AVA provides synthesized insights, summaries, and links to evidence from World Bank reports. While this information can be invaluable for policy teams scanning evidence for decision-making, AVA itself is a tool for interacting with research, not an entity that forms or issues its own policy recommendations. The insights are drawn from existing World Bank analyses.
My organization does a lot of interesting work that compliments the reports on AVA. How can I get these uploaded to AVA?
We’re always looking for new and relevant reports. If you would like to suggest your organization’s reports for inclusion, please email us at [email protected] with the relevant information (organizational website, links to documents). Our team will review them for suitability, and we'll be in touch about the possibility of adding them to AVA.
What infrastructure, website, or service powers AVA?
AVA is powered by a partnership between the Institute for Economic Development and the team at Nouswise.
How is AVA different from traditional search engines like Google or AI tools like ChatGPT?
Unlike regular search engines that provide broad results from the open internet, AVA is focused and curated, drawing only from World Bank research and selected volumes, eliminating internet noise. It provides synthesis, not just search results, by distilling and connecting insights across documents. Compared to general AI tools, AVA is transparent by design (all answers are cited and traceable) and knows what it doesn’t know (if a question falls outside its library or isn't clearly framed, AVA will inform the user, avoiding guesswork).
What kind of questions can AVA answer?
✅ Good Questions
🚫 Won’t Work
• Big-picture insights
"How can investments in human capital drive productivity growth?"
• Exact data points (→ use World Bank Open Data)
"What is the literacy rate in Mozambique?"
• Policy evidence
"What policies have been linked to job creation in low-income countries?"
• Unrelated topics (only World Bank reports)
“How do I make soup?"
• Thematic overviews
"What role does infrastructure play in economic development?"
• Creative tasks (real insights only)
"Write me a story about development."
What kind of data does AVA use and process?
AVA ingests and digests a curated library of World Bank official reports and select publications. This includes influential research such as World Development Reports, Global Economic Prospects, Policy Research Reports, and others specified on our website.
How does AVA handle user queries? Is it multilingual?
Yes, AVA is multilingual. Users can type their query in their language of choice and view the insights in the same language. An agentic process then takes over, which includes: (1) Detecting the language of the query; (2) Understanding the query; and (3) Recognizing the user's intent. Once the system understands what the user is looking for, it proceeds to retrieve the most relevant information. Currently, AVA understands 60 languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.
How does AVA ensure transparency and allow users to verify information? AVA is transparent by design.
All answers are cited and traceable, allowing users to verify and trust what they find. It links directly to cited sources within the World Bank reports.
Who is AVA intended for?
AVA is for development policy practitioners needing a fast, reliable entry into the World Bank's vast research knowledge base. * Think tanks exploring development trends. * Policy teams scanning evidence for decision-making. * Government analysts drafting briefs, or summaries.
Is AVA a publicly available tool for everyone yet?
AVA is currently in a phase where it's onboarding a "first wave of users" by invitation/registration of interest.
How does AVA "synthesize" information rather than just providing search results?
AVA "distills and connects insights across documents." This goes beyond simple keyword matching. Leveraging its underlying Nouswise technology, it processes documents to understand their structure and content as interconnected entities. When you query, it doesn't just find mentions but performs a reasoning process to combine relevant information from multiple sources within its curated library, generating a synthesized analysis with insights.
Can AVA handle very specific or complex queries related to development research?
Yes, AVA is designed for this. The underlying Nouswise technology is built to understand "arbitrarily complex queries" in natural language. Combined with its focus on synthesizing insights from the curated World Bank library, it should be capable of addressing detailed and nuanced questions within its domain.
Does AVA provide direct policy recommendations?
AVA provides synthesized insights, summaries, and links to evidence from World Bank reports. While this information can be invaluable for policy teams scanning evidence for decision-making, AVA itself is a tool for interacting with research, not an entity that forms or issues its own policy recommendations. The insights are drawn from existing World Bank analyses.
My organization does a lot of interesting work that compliments the reports on AVA. How can I get these uploaded to AVA?
We’re always looking for new and relevant reports. If you would like to suggest your organization’s reports for inclusion, please email us at [email protected] with the relevant information (organizational website, links to documents). Our team will review them for suitability, and we'll be in touch about the possibility of adding them to AVA.
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