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Working with International Data
Data sources and resources from the World Bank
Open Data and its consequencesOpen Development
New site: 13,500 unique visitors/day
In April 2010 the World Bank made all of its development databases freely accessible on the web … and that changed everything …
• New website in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, with 1,200 WDI/GDF indicators freely available
• Data Catalog to provide access to all World Bank datasets
• Best practice Terms of Use that allows commercial use and re-use
• Multiple access options with full downloads, Application Programming Interface (API) for developers, etc
Open Data
Open Data
data.worldbank.org
Open Data
By Country» View profiles for over 200 economies
By Topic» See key indicators for a variety of topics
Indicators» View data for 1,200 indicators in four languages
World dataBank» “Slice and dice” the data
Data Catalog» Lists open data sources of the World Bank
Chart an indicator
Open Data
Map an indicator
Open Data
Multilingual
New Search Tool
The Data Catalog
World Development Indicators Actionable Governance Indicators Manufactures Unit Value Index
Global Development Finance Enterprise Surveys Private Participation in Infrastructure
Africa Development Indicators Bulletin Board on Statistical Capacity Privatization Database
Research Datasets and Analytical Tools
Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey
Quarterly External Debt Statistics
Africa's Infrastructure Commodity Prices Remittance Prices Worldwide
AidFlows International Comparison Program Temporary Trade Barriers Database including the Global Antidumping Database
Doing Business Joint External Data Hub World Integrated Trade Solution
Education Statistics Knowledge Economy Index Worldwide Governance Indicators
Gender Statistics Logistics Performance Index Environmental Accounting - Total Wealth
Global Economic Monitor Population Projections Household Survey Education Profiles
Health Nutrition and Population Statistics Rural Access Index (RAI)
Millennium Development Goals Thematic Gender Data
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
Data Catalog – selected contents
databank.worldbank.org: custom queries
Open Data
Terms and conditions of access
• Conforms to Open Knowledge Foundation definition for open data: http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/
• No restrictions on use or reuse of data, except attribution to source
• License modelsOpen Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY) <
http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/>Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) <
http://creativecommons.org/choose/>
Data Exposed to Web Searches
Continuing demand for data
Data sources and coverageA Look at the World Development Indicators
Distribution of WDI Indicators by topic
WDI 2010 Number of indicatorsEconomy 314Environment 109Global Development Finance 175Global Links 171Social and demographic 314States and Markets 130Cross-domain 72Total 1285
Sources of WDI Data
WDI and GDF Data Availability
• 237 countries• 1158 series• 50 years • Average coverage
• 4,453,206 available observations • 13,722,300 possible cells• => 32.45 % coverage
Major Data Gaps
• States of former Soviet Union prior to 1988• States of the former Yugoslav Republic prior to 1990• Limited reporting by many small states and
dependencies • Data derived from irregular or infrequent sources
• Poverty and income distribution• Malnutrition• CO2 emissions• Forest coverage
Improving Data Coverage
-----WDI 2009 WDI 1999
Y axis shows average number of years with data (averages for all developing countries, 5 is maximum)
X axis shows lag (in years) from the beginning of five-year intervals for which WDI has published these data; the most recent five-year interval starts with 2003 for WDI2009 and 1993 for WDI1999
Improving Coverage of MDG Indicators
Source: Paris21 at Ten: Improvements in Statistical Capacity Since 1999
Improving Statistical CapacityBuilding the Database -- I
Assessing Statistical Capacity
Statistical Capacity: Methodology
Indicators 11. National accounts base year Within last 10 years or annual chain
linking2. Balance of payments manual in use Balance of Payments Manual, the
fifth edition
3. External debt reporting status Actual or preliminary
4. Consumer Price Index base year Within last 10 years or annual chain linking
5. Industrial production index Produced and available from IMF
6. Import/export prices Produced and available from IMF
7. Government finance accounting concept Consolidated central government accounts
8. Enrolment reporting to UNESCO Annual or missed reporting only once in the last 4 years
9. Vaccine reporting to WHO Nationally reported data on measles vaccine coverage consistent with WHO estimates
10. IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard
Subscribed
Maximum total score is 100
Statistical Capacity: Source Data
Indicators 1 1/2
1. Periodicity of population census
≤10 years
2. Periodicity of agricultural census
≤10 years
3. Periodicity of poverty related surveys (IES, LSMS, etc.)
≤ 3 years ≤ 5 years
4. Periodicity of health related surveys (DHS, MICS, Priority survey, etc)
≤ 3 years ≤ 5 years
5. Completeness of vital registration system
Complete
Maximum total score is 100
Statistical Capacity: PeriodicityIndicators 1 2/3 1/2 1/3
1. Periodicity of income poverty indicator
≤ 3 years ≤ 5 years > 5 years
2. Periodicity of child malnutrition indicator
≤ 3 years ≤ 5 years > 5 years
3. Periodicity of child mortality indicator
National or international estimates available
4. Periodicity of Immunization indicator
Annual
5. HIV/AIDS indicator National or international estimates available for at least one year out of the last 3 years
6. Periodicity of maternal health indicator
≤ 3 years ≤ 5 years > 5 years
7. Periodicity of gender equality in education indicator
Observed for at least 5 out of 5 latest years
Observed for at least 3 out of 5 latest years
Observed for 1 out of 5 latest years
8. Primary completion indicator
Observed for at least 5 out of 5 latest years
Observed for at least 3 out of 5 latest years
Observed for 1 out of 5 latest years
9. Access to water indicator Observed for 2 out of 6 latest years
Observed for 1 out of 6 latest years
10. Periodicity of GDP growth indicator
Annual ≤ 1.5 years > 1.5 years
Maximum total score is 100
World Bank Support for Statistical Capacity
• Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity• Multi-donor trust fund to support creation of national strategies for
development of statistics (NSDSs)• $35 million in grants since 2000
• Statistics for Results Facility• Multi-donor trust fund to support implementation of NSDSs• $120 million pledged; $50 million committed
• STATCAP• World Bank investment lending program for improving statistical
capacity• 13 STATCAP projects planned or underway – largest is India ($107
million
Accelerated Data Program
Virtual Statistical System
Standardizing Data Building the Database -- II
www.childmortality.org
For some countries, many estimates
Trend line by weighted, splined regressions
Combining estimates reduces uncertainty
But results may differ from national estimates
The International Comparison Program
Building the Database -- III
ICP Data in the Data Catalog
International Comparison Program (ICP)
• ICP is a worldwide statistical initiative to collect comparative price data and estimate purchasing power parities (PPPs) of the world’s economies.
• Using PPPs instead of market exchange rates makes it possible to compare the output of economies and the welfare of their inhabitants in real terms.
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• PPP between two countries, A and B, is a price ratio that measures the number of units of country A’s currency that are needed in country A to purchase the same quantity of an individual good or service as one unit of country B’s currency will purchase in country B.
• National annual prices for products chosen from a common basket of well-defined goods & services.
• A breakdown of final expenditure on National GDP into 155 categories using a common classification.
What are Purchasing Power Parities ?
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DefinitionDefinition
Basic Data RequiredBasic Data Required
PPP =
PPP =
Calculating PPPs: an Example
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Price of Hotel Room
in China
Price of Hotel Room
in China
Exchange Rate Yuan to USD
Exchange Rate Yuan to USD
Price of Same Hotel Room
in the US
Price of Same Hotel Room
in the US$ 270= $ 450
0.25
Comparing Income Levels
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Shares of global output
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• International poverty headcount index (World Bank)• Comparing relative sizes of economies and estimating weighted averages of regional
growth rates (IMF)• Allocation of structural and cohesion funds (European Commission)• Human Development Index (UNDP)• Gender empowerment measures (UNDP)• Health inequality assessment (World Health Organization)• Assessing per capita expenditures in education (U.N. Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization)• Monitoring the welfare of children (U.N. Children’s Fund)• Designing effective aid programs (International Organizations)• Analysis of an economy’s comparative advantage on prices and expenditures of goods
or services (Policy Makers)• Evaluation of investment costs and industry growth potential across countries.• PPP adjusted cost of living allowances (Multinational Corporations, Non-Government
Organizations, International Development Agencies)
Uses of PPPs
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Tools and ApplicationsOpen Knowledge
Open DataOpen Data Access World Bank datasets free of charge
NADANADA Access survey microdata and documentation
iSimulate iSimulate Collaborate on economic forecasting
ADePTADePT Automate economic analysis of survey data
PovcalNet PovcalNet Estimate poverty and inequality
PovMapPovMap Software for poverty mapping
AidFlows AidFlows Easy access to global data on aid funding
WITS WITS Access international trade and tariff data
Mapping for Results Mapping for Results Map projects, compare with development data
Open Tools
• First global competition to create innovative software applications for development
• Must use some World Bank data, and address one of the MDGs
• Aim is to bring together software developers and development practitioners
• Closes 10 January 2011
Apps for Development Competition
Open Data
“Imagine this: A health care worker or parent in a village, with a laptop or
mobile device, can access development knowledge in real time through geo-
coding and mapping. She can see which schools have feeding programs and
which go without, and what is happening to local health…. She can dig
deeply and compare her village with others. She can upload her own data, throw light on the likely effect of new
interventions, and mobilize the community to demand better or more
targeted health programs.”
A vision for the future
Robert B. Zoellick, 2010, Washington DC
