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Re: st: RE: NEW MODULE: wbdata - World Bank Data Bases
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JP Azevedo <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: NEW MODULE: wbdata - World Bank Data Bases
Date
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:34:41 -0500
yes, just type
ssc install wbdata, replace
it should work fine
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Morrison, Dr. Michael
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I get the following error message when I try to install -wbdata-
>
> the following files already exist and are different:
> c:\ado\plus\_\_pecats.ado
>
> no files installed or copied
> (no action taken)
> r(602);
>
> I'm not sure what the file _pecats.ado is.
>
> Should I issue the replace command?
>
> In advance, thanks.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] on behalf of JP Azevedo
> Sent: Thu 2/3/2011 2:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: NEW MODULE: wbdata - World Bank Data Bases
>
> Thanks to Kit Baum a new Stata module is now avaiable for download from SSC.
>
> wbdata allows Stata users to download directly from within Stata over
> 3,000 series of indicators from the World Bank databases, including:
> Development Africa Development Indicators; Doing Business; Education
> Statistics; Enterprise Surveys; Global Development Finance; Gender
> Statistics; Health Nutrition and Population Statistics; International
> Development Association - Results Measurement System; Millennium
> Development Goals; World Development Indicators; Worldwide Governance
> Indicators. These indicators include information from over 256
> countries and regions, since 1960.
>
> The wbdata draws from the main World Bank collections of development
> indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources.
> It presents the most current and accurate global development data
> available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. The
> access to this databases is made possible by the World Bank's Open
> Data Initiative (http://data.worldbank.org) which provide open full
> access to World Bank databases.
>
> Among the main options, users can chose to display the data on either
> long and wide format, download the labeles in three different
> languages (english, spanish and french), and chose betwee following
> download format: country (all indicators for all years for a single
> country), topic (all indicators within a specific topic, for all years
> and all countries), and indicator (all years for all countries for a
> single indicator.a country, indicator and topic).
>
> I would like to dedicate this ado file to Dr Richard Sperling, who
> asked us to support intelligent and well thought out public policies
> that help those in society who are less fortunate than we are.
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2011-02/msg00062.html
>
> As usual comments and suggestions are most welcomed.
>
> for those insterested simply type: ssc install wbdata
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