Upgrading the World Data Bank

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Open Data Catalog at the World Bank is a fantastic resource. I’ve used it many, many times. Especially while developing the GAIN Index. I’m sure I’ve spent hours on that domain. It’s astonishing the amount of information they’ve gathered in a consistent way.

Our GAIN Index indeed uses, and references, roughly 80% of its components directly back to the Catalog. Proudly, but oddly, a number of people have told me that they use our page instead of the Bank’s to get a glimpse of the data for a particular country. As humbling as that is, it’s odd that our page gets visits to see the components, not the aggregation we do for our purposes. It’s like buying a book for the Bibliography.

World Bank on Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño

Upgrading the World Data Bank