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Accessing World Bank Open Data in Stata
https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/accessing-world-bank-open-data-stataEnglish 1 Stata is a statistical computing package widely used in the business and academic worlds. We use it at the World Bank and it’s great to see a new version of the wbopendata module that gives Stata users direct access to much of the data on data.worldbank.org.
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Electronic versus paper-based data collection: reviewing the debate
https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/electronic-versus-paper-based-data-collection-reviewing-debateelectronic data collection. These are based on some of the things we have found to be most useful in various surveys carried out as part of DIME impact evaluations. 1. Avoid mistakes before they happen. Did you hear the one about the 6-year-old with two children who was also his own grandmother?
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Introducing WBGAPI: A new python package for accessing World Bank data
https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/introducing-wbgapi-new-python-package-accessing-world-bank-dataEnglish. Version 1.0.4 of the wbgapi python package is now available. This package has been in the Python Package Index for almost a year, and the latest version adds several new features to make exploring and searching databases easier and more interactive. Python packages for World Bank data have been around for a while, but WBGAPI is ...
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Five tools for capturing, manipulating, and visualizing data
https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/five-tools-capturing-manipulating-and-visualizing-dataThe tool transforms your database’s cells in bulk to spot errors, edit data, and specify patterns. DataWrapper – Visualizes data. Copy and paste your data onto the site, select the type of visualization you want—charts, tables, maps—and you have interactive visualizations ready to be downloaded and used.
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The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018 - World Bank
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29654The database provides nationally representative, demand-side data on access to and use of accounts, credit, payments, and savings by adults age 15 and above in 144 economies. In addition, new indicators measure how people make or receive digital payments. This book presents data for selected indicators by country, region, and income group.
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World development indicators 2016 - World Bank
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/805371467990952829/world-development-indicators-2016The database contains more than 1,300 time . World development indicators 2016 World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country comparable data on development.
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Documents & Reports - All Documents | The World Bank
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reportsThe Documents & Reports (D&R) site is an official disclosure mechanism for the World Bank Group’s final reports. The repository contains official documents and reports which are made available to the public in accordance with the Bank’s Access to Information Policy to better share the institution's knowledge base.
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Leveraging big data and machine learning in credit reporting
https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/leveraging-big-data-and-machine-learning-credit-reportingAn example of structured data is a database with precisely defined fields, such as name, address and credit card number. Unstructured data, as the name suggests, comes in all shapes and sizes. Examples include emails, images, audio, video and sensor data. Compared to structured data, unstructured data carries more irregularity and ambiguity ...
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Open Knowledge Repository
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36116Open Knowledge Repository
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Documents & Reports - All Documents | The World Bank
https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/187761468179367706/pdf/WPS7255.pdfDocuments & Reports - All Documents | The World Bank