world_bank 0.0.1 → 0.9.0

data/country_aliases

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-:AW ABW:  :aruba
-:AF AFG:  :afganistan
-:AO AGO:  :angola
-:AI AIA:  :anguilla
-:AX ALA:  :aland_islands
-:AL ALB:  :albania
-:AD AND:  :andorra
-:AE ARE:  :united_arab_emirates
-:AR ARG:  :argentina
-:AM ARM:  :armenia
-:AS ASM:  :american_samoa
-:AQ ATA:  :antarctica
-:TF ATF:  :french_southern_territories
-:AG ATG:  :antigua_and_barbuda
-:AU AUS:  :australia
-:AT AUT:  :austria
-:AZ AZE:  :azerbaijan
-:BI BDI:  :burundi
-:BE BEL:  :belgium
-:BJ BEN:  :benin
-:BQ BES:  :bonaire_saint_eustatius_and_saba
-:BF BFA:  :burkina_faso
-:BD BGD:  :bangladesh
-:BG BGR:  :bulgaria
-:BH BHR:  :bahrain
-:BS BHS:  :bahamas
-:BA BIH:  :bosnia_and_herzegovina
-:BL BLM:  :saint_barthelemy
-:BY BLR:  :belarus
-:BZ BLZ:  :belize
-:BM BMU:  :bermuda
-:BO BOL:  :plurinational_state_of_bolivia
-:BR BRA:  :brazil
-:BB BRB:  :barbados
-:BN BRN:  :brunei_darussalam
-:BT BTN:  :bhutan
-:BV BVT:  :bouvet_island
-:BW BWA:  :botswana
-:CF CAF:  :central_african_republic
-:CA CAN:  :canada
-:CC CCK:  :cocos_keeling_islands
-:CH CHE:  :switzerland
-:CL CHL:  :chile
-:CN CHN:  :china
-:CI CIV:  :cote_divoire
-:CM CMR:  :cameroon
-:CD COD:  :democratic_republic_of_the_congo
-:CG COG:  :congo
-:CK COK:  :cook_islands
-:CO COL:  :colombia
-:KM COM:  :comoros
-:CV CPV:  :cape_verde
-:CR CRI:  :costa_rica
-:CU CUB:  :cuba
-:CW CUW:  :curacao
-:CX CXR:  :christmas_island
-:KY CYM:  :cayman_islands
-:CY CYP:  :cyprus
-:CZ CZE:  :czech_republic
-:DE DEU:  :germany
-:DJ DJI:  :djibouti
-:DM DMA:  :dominca
-:DK DNK:  :denmark
-:DO DOM:  :dominican_republic
-:DZ DZA:  :algeria
-:EC ECU:  :ecuador
-:EG EGY:  :egypt
-:ER ERI:  :eritrea
-:EH ESH:  :western_sahara
-:ES ESP:  :spain
-:EE EST:  :estonia
-:ET ETH:  :ethiopia
-:FI FIN:  :finland
-:FJ FJI:  :fiji
-:FK FLK:  :falkland_islands_malvinas
-:FR FRA:  :france
-:FO FRO:  :faroe_islands
-:FM FSM:  :federated_states_of_micronesia
-:GA GAB:  :gabon
-:GB GBR:  :united_kingdom
-:GE GEO:  :georgia
-:GG GGY:  :guernsey
-:GH GHA:  :ghana
-:GI GIB:  :gibraltar
-:GN GIN:  :guinea
-:GP GLP:  :guadeloupe
-:GM GMB:  :gambia
-:GW GNB:  :guinea_bissau
-:GQ GNQ:  :equatorial_guinea
-:GR GRC:  :greece
-:GD GRD:  :grenada
-:GL GRL:  :greenland
-:GT GTM:  :guatemala
-:GF GUF:  :french_guiana
-:GU GUM:  :guam
-:GY GUY:  :guyana
-:HK HKG:  :hong_kong
-:HM HMD:  :heard_island_mcdonald_islands
-:HN HND:  :honduras
-:HR HRV:  :croatia
-:HT HTI:  :haiti
-:HU HUN:  :hungary
-:ID IDN:  :indonesia
-:IM IMN:  :isle_of_man
-:IN IND:  :india
-:IO IOT:  :british_indian_ocean_territory
-:IE IRL:  :ireland
-:IR IRN:  :islamic_republic_of_iran
-:IQ IRQ:  :iraq
-:IS ISL:  :iceland
-:IL ISR:  :israel
-:IT ITA:  :italy
-:JM JAM:  :jamaica
-:JE JEY:  :jersey
-:JO JOR:  :jordan
-:JP JPN:  :japan
-:KZ KAZ:  :kazakhstan
-:KE KEN:  :kenya
-:KG KGZ:  :kyrgyzstan
-:KH KHM:  :cambodia
-:KI KIR:  :kiribati
-:KN KNA:  :saint_kitts_and_nevis
-:KR KOR:  :republic_of_korea
-:KW KWT:  :kuwait
-:LA LAO:  :lao_peoples_democratic_republic
-:LB LBN:  :lebanon
-:LR LBR:  :liberia
-:LY LBY:  :libyan_arab_jamahiriya
-:LC LCA:  :saint_lucia
-:LI LIE:  :liechtenstein
-:LK LKA:  :sri_lanka
-:LS LSO:  :lesotho
-:LT LTU:  :lithuania
-:LU LUX:  :luxembourg
-:LV LVA:  :latvia
-:MO MAC:  :macao
-:MF MAF:  :saint_martin
-:MA MAR:  :morocco
-:MC MCO:  :monaco
-:MD MDA:  :republic_of_moldova
-:MG MDG:  :madagascar
-:MV MDV:  :maldives
-:MX MEX:  :mexico
-:MH MHL:  :marshall_islands
-:MK MKD:  :the_former_yugoslav_republic_of_macedonia
-:ML MLI:  :mali
-:MT MLT:  :malta
-:MM MMR:  :myanmar
-:ME MNE:  :montenegro
-:MN MNG:  :mongolia
-:MP MNP:  :northern_mariana_islands
-:MZ MOZ:  :mozambique
-:MR MRT:  :mauritania
-:MS MSR:  :montserrat
-:MQ MTQ:  :martinique
-:MU MUS:  :mauritius
-:MW MWI:  :malawi
-:MY MYS:  :malaysia
-:YT MYT:  :mayotte
-:NA NAM:  :namibia
-:NC NCL:  :new_caledonia
-:NE NER:  :niger
-:NF NFK:  :norfolk_island
-:NG NGA:  :nigeria
-:NI NIC:  :nicaragua
-:NU NIU:  :niue
-:NL NLD:  :netherlands
-:NO NOR:  :norway
-:NP NPL:  :nepal
-:NR NRU:  :nauru
-:NZ NZL:  :new_zealand
-:OM OMN:  :oman
-:PK PAK:  :pakistan
-:PA PAN:  :panama
-:PN PCN:  :pitcairn
-:PE PER:  :peru
-:PH PHL:  :philippines
-:PW PLW:  :palau
-:PG PNG:  :papua_new_guinea
-:PL POL:  :poland
-:PR PRI:  :puerto_rico
-:KP PRK:  :democratic_peoples_republic_of_korea
-:PT PRT:  :portugal
-:PY PRY:  :paraguay
-:PS PSE:  :occupied_palestinian_territory
-:PF PYF:  :french_polynesia
-:QA QAT:  :qatar
-:RE REU:  :reunion
-:RO ROU:  :romania
-:RU RUS:  :russian_federation
-:RW RWA:  :rwanda
-:SA SAU:  :saudi_arabia
-:SD SDN:  :sudan
-:SN SEN:  :senegal
-:SG SGP:  :singapore
-:GS SGS:  :south_georgia_and_the_south_sandwich_islands
-:SH SHN:  :saint_helena_ascension_and_tristan_da_cunha
-:SJ SJM:  :svalbard_and_jan_mayen
-:SB SLB:  :soloman_islands
-:SL SLE:  :sierra_leone
-:SV SLV:  :el_salvador
-:SM SMR:  :san_marino
-:SO SOM:  :somalia
-:PM SPM:  :saint_pierre_and_miquelon
-:RS SRB:  :serbia
-:ST STP:  :sao_tome_and_principe
-:SR SUR:  :suriname
-:SK SVK:  :slovakia
-:SI SVN:  :slovenia
-:SE SWE:  :sweden
-:SZ SWZ:  :swaziland
-:SX SXM:  :sint_maarten
-:SC SYC:  :seychelles
-:SY SYR:  :syrian_arab_republic
-:TC TCA:  :turks_caicos_islands
-:TD TCD:  :chad
-:TG TGO:  :togo
-:TH THA:  :thailand
-:TJ TJK:  :tajikistan
-:TK TKL:  :tokelau
-:TM TKM:  :turkmenistan
-:TL TLS:  :timor_leste
-:TO TON:  :tonga
-:TT TTO:  :trinidad_and_tobago
-:TN TUN:  :tunisia
-:TR TUR:  :turkey
-:TU TUV:  :tuvalu
-:TW TWN:  :taiwan_provice_of_china
-:TZ TZA:  :united_republic_of_tanzania
-:UG UGA:  :uganda
-:UA UKR:  :ukraine
-:UM UMI:  :united_states_minor_outlying_islands
-:UY URY:  :uruguay
-:US USA:  :united_states
-:UZ UZB:  :uzbekistan
-:VA VAT;  :holy_see_vatican_city
-:VC VCT:  :saint_vincent_and_the_grenadines
-:VE VEN:  :bolivarian_republic_of_venezuela
-:VG VGB:  :british_virgin_islands
-:VI VIR:  :us_virgin_islands
-:VN VNM:  :viet_nam
-:VU VUT:  :vanuatu
-:WF WLF:  :wallis_and_futuna
-:WS WSM:  :samoa
-:YE YEM:  :yemen
-:ZA ZAF:  :south_africa
-:ZM ZMB:  :zambia
-:ZW ZWE:  :zimbabwe
-
-The World Bank uses both these 3 and 2 letter abbr. except:
-  alternative 3 letter codes for:
-    Andorra (listed and seems to be accurate), dem. rep. of congo(listed and seems to be accurate), isle of man (not listed at all), romania (not listed at all), timor-leste (ditto), west bank and gaza (ditto)
-    
-  alternative 2 letter codes for:
-    dem. rep. of congo(listed and seems to be accurate), serbia, timor-leste, yemen, west bank and gaza
-    
-  channel islands (which the world bank lists as JG, CHI, and channel_islands) and kosovo (and isn't listed) do not have iso codes (2 or 3 letters)

data/notes

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-global parameters:
-  required: none
-  optional:
-    -date
-      a range sent as date1:date2, set as Date1..Date2?
-      values can be Year or Year-and-Month or Year-and-Quarter and is sent as 2010, 2010M2, 2010Q2 respectively
-      also takes a year-to-date value as YTD:2010 - unsure how to use it....
-      
-    -format:
-      string one of: xml, json, jsonP
-      
-        -prefix:
-          a prefix needs to be specified if the format is JSONP
-      
-    -page:
-      number for the page of results in a large dataset
-      
-    -per_page:
-      how many results to return when paging, default is 50
-      
-    -most_recent_values:
-      number of the most recent values for the parameters, sent as MRV=
-      
-        -gap_fill?:
-          boolean, sent as Gapfill=
-          
-        -frequency:
-          one of %w(Y Q M) for Yearly, Quarterly, and Monthly respectively... ly
-
-    -language:
-      can be one of %w(en es fr ar), (or if you're wondering that's english, spanish, french and arabic respectively).
-      sent as api.worldbank.org/{lang}/rest/of/request....
-      default is english

data/notes_part_2

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-#
-# top level "reference" methods?
-#
-WorldBank.sources           # =>  ['Doing Business', 'Something Else'...] array of 16 sources of information the bank used
-WorldBank.income_levels     # =>  { HIC: 'High Income', HPC: 'Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)'...} hash of 9 income levels the bank assigns
-WorldBank.income_level_ids  # =>  [ 'HIC', 'HPC'...]    too much?
-WorldBank.income_level_names #=>  ['High Income', 'Heavily Indebted Poor...'...]    probably too far....
-WorldBank.lending_types     # =>  [ { id: 'IBD', value: 'IBRD' }... ] an array of key: value pairs of the 4 lending types
-WorldBank.lending_type_ids  # =>  [ 'IBD', 'IDA', 'IDB' 'NC' ]
-WorldBank.lending_type_names #=>  [ 'Not classified', 'Blend', ...]
-WorldBank.topics            # =>  the 18 high level topics that indicators are grouped into
-WorldBank.regions           # =>  not an api call... countries can grouped by lending_type, income_level, as well as region_code, region_codes are:
-#    EAP - (developing only)      East Asia & Pacific
-#    EAS - (all income levels)    ibid
-#    ECA - (developing only)      Europe & Central Asia
-#    ECS - (all income levels)    ibid
-#    LAC - (developing only)      Latin America & Caribbean
-#    LCN - (all income levels)    ibid
-#    MNA - (developing only)      Middle East & North Africa
-#    MEA - (all income levels)    ibid
-#    NAC                          North America
-#    SAS                          South Asia
-#    SSA - (developing only)      Sub-Saharan Africa
-#    SSF - (all income levels)    ibid
-#
-WorldBank.countries         # =>  same as Country.all
-WorldBank.indicators        # =>  same as Indicator.all
-WorldBank.topics            # =>  same as Topic.all
-
-
-#
-# Topics
-#
-Topic.all
-@environment = Topic.find(6)
-@environment.id             # =>  6
-@environment.name           # =>  'Environment'
-@environment.note           # =>  'Natural and man-made environmental resources – fresh...'
-
-#
-# Countries
-#
-Country.all
-Country.each
-Country.each_page           # => too much? alias for Enumerable#each_slice?
-
-Country.find('br')
-Country.find('bra')
-
-@brazil = Country.find('brazil')
-@brazil.name                # =>  'Brazil'
-
-# only low and middle income countries are classified by region...
-#
-@brazil.region_id           # =>  'LCN'
-@brazil.region_value        # =>  'Latin America & Carribean (all income levels)'
-@brazil.region              # alias for .region_name
-
-# Major income levels the bank uses are:
-#  "low income"          =>  < $995
-#  "lower middle income" =>  $996 <=> $3945
-#  "upper middle income  =>  $3946 <=> $12195
-#  "high income"         =>  > $12196
-# though there are many others...
-#
-@brazil.income_level_id     # =>  'UMC'
-@brazil.income_level_value  # =>  'Upper middle income'
-@brazil.income_level        # alias for .income_level_value
-
-# countries can qualify for two different types of loans (3 labels):
-#  "International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" (IRBD)
-#  "International Development Association" (IDA)
-#  "Blended" (both)
-#  IDA loans have little to no interest and/or are grants, a country must be below $1165 to qualify
-#  Countries may also be of type "Blended" where their income is low enough for IDA, and their credit is high enough of IRBD.
-# see http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications for more info
-#
-@brazil.lending_type_id     # =>  'IBD'
-@brazil.lending_type_value  # =>  'IBRD'
-@brazil.lending_type        # =>  'International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Qualified'
-@brazil.capital             # =>  'Brasilia'
-@brazil.capital             # alias for .capital_city
-@brazil.captial_lon         # =>  -47.9292
-@brazil.capital_lat         # =>  -15.7801
-@brazil.coords              # =>  [-15.7801, -47.9292]   ??? too much?
-
-
-#
-# Indicators
-#
-Indicators.all              # =>  begins paging through 4073 different indicators
-Indicators.each
-Indicators.each_page        # =>  too much? alias for Enumerable#each_slice ?
-
-@tractors = Indicator.find('AG.AGR.TRAC.NO')
-@tractors.id                # =>  'AG.AGR.TRAC.NO' because, you know, that's really helpful to know...
-@tractors.name              # =>  'Agricultural Machinery, tractors'
-@tractors.source            # =>  { id: 2, value: 'World Development Indicators' }
-@tractors.source_id         # =>  2
-@tractors.source_name       # =>  'World Development Indicators'
-
-# note the api docs say that source_note, topic_id, and topic_name are available for every record,
-# pull them down, they're wrong
-#
-@tractors.note              # =>  'Agricultural machinery refers to the number of....'
-@tractors.note?             # =>  true    note may be empty
-@tractors.source_organization #=> 'Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web'
-@tractors.topics            # =>  [ { id: 1, value: 'Agricultural & Rural Development' } ] array of applicable topics (may be empty!)

data/projects_notes

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-
-Projects API
-
-search for everything:
-http://search.worldbank.org/api/projects?qterm=*:*&countrycode[]=AF&format=json&kw=N
-
-search for only the country afghanistan
-http://search.worldbank.org/api/projects?qterm=*:*&countrycode[]=AF&format=json&kw=N
-
-search for several countries:
-http://search.worldbank.org/api/projects?qterm=*:*&countrycode[]=AF&countrycode[]=DZ&countrycode[]=AS&format=json&kw=N