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wbids is an R package to access and analyze the World
Bank’s International
Debt Statistics (IDS). IDS provides creditor-debtor relationships
between countries, regions, and institutions. ‘wbids’ enables users to
download, process and work with IDS series across multiple geographies,
counterparts, and time periods.
The wbids package relies on a redefinition of the
original World Bank data: ‘geographies’ contain both countries and
regions, while ‘counterparts’ include both counterpart areas and
institutions. wbids provides a consistent mapping of
identifiers and names across these different types. The corresponding package
vignette provides more details on the data model.
This package is a product of Teal Insights and not sponsored by or affiliated with the World Bank in any way, except for the use of the World Bank IDS API.
You can install wbids from CRAN via:
install.packages("wbids")You can also install the development version of wbids
like this:
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("teal-insights/r-wbids")The main function ids_get() provides an interface to
download multiple IDS series for multiple geographies and counterparts
and specific date ranges.
library(wbids)
ids_get(
geographies = c("ZMB", "ZAF"),
series = c("DT.DOD.DPPG.CD", "BM.GSR.TOTL.CD"),
counterparts = c("216", "231"),
start_date = 2015,
end_date = 2020
)The package comes with prepared metadata about available series, geographies, counterparts, and topics. Please consult the package vignette for details.
ids_list_series()
ids_list_geographies()
ids_list_counterparts()
ids_list_series_topics()This data can be used to enrich the IDS series or facilitate data discovery. For further applications, please consult Teal Insights’ Guide to Working with the World Bank International Debt Statistics.
The interface and column names are fully consistent with World
Development Indicators (WDI) data provided through the
wbwdi package. You can find details on github.com/tidy-intelligence/r-wbwdi.
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.