Using the World Development Indicators Database for Statistical Analysis in Stata

• Published in: The Stata journal Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 30 - 45
• Main Author: Jeanty, P. Wilner
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications, Inc 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Banks (Finance); Information management; Services; Web sites

The World Bank's world development indicators (WDI) compilation is a rich and widely used database about the development of most economies in the world. However, after insheeting a WDI dataset, some data management is required prior to performing statistical analysis. In this article, I propose...