Re: st: reshape WDI from wide to long format

[Sami Alameen <samialameen@gmail.com>]

Hi JP,

Thanks for feedback. I should add that I tried to find a routine that
would work in one shot, because that data base is easier to download
in wide format (the WB provides it in a compiled file) and that it get
updated very often that I wanted to automate the process somehow. That
seemed very optimistic.

I ended up trying the
1. wbopendata, and
2. the procedure on:
http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/analysis/reshape_wdi.htm (I split
the data by every 10 years)

I then merged the files.

My PC couldn't do method 2 in one shot, so I had to break the data down.

The remaining is still the naming of the data, I think the WB should
do something with that regard to promote the use of such data base.

All the best
Sami
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