IMF_WBGet: Downloads Dreher's data set of IMF programs and World Bank...
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Downloads Dreher's data set of IMF programs and World Bank projects (1970-2011). It keeps specified variables and creates a standard country ID variable that can be used for merging the data with other data sets.

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IMF_WBGet(url = "http://axel-dreher.de/Dreher%20IMF%20and%20WB.xls",
  sheets = c("WB other agreed", "WB environment agreed"),
  OutCountryID = "iso2c", message = TRUE, standardCountryName = TRUE)

`url`	character string. The URL for the Dreher data set you would like to download. Note: it must be for the xlx version of the file. Currently only the 1970-2011 version is supported.
`sheets`	character vector of the Excel sheets (variables) that you would like to return. See Details for more information.
`OutCountryID`	character string. The type of country ID you would like to include in the output file along with the country name. See `countrycode` for available options.
`message`	logical. Whether or not to notify you which of sheets are being cleaned and organised.
`standardCountryName`	logical. Whether or not to standardise the country names variable based on `country.name` from `countrycode`.

Using the sheets argument you can select which variables to download from their individual workbook seets in the original data set. These include:

WB other agreed: Number of World Bank projects agreed, other than technical or adjustment.
WB technical agreed: Number of World Bank technical projects agreed.
WB adjustment agreed: Number of World Bank adjustment projects agreed.
WB environment agreed: Number of World Bank environmental projects agreed.
WB adjustment 5: Number of World Bank adjustment projects in effect for at least 5 months in a particular year.
IMF SBA: IMF Standby Arrangement agreed, dummy.
IMF EFF: IMF Extended Fund Facility Arrangement agreed, dummy.
IMF SAF: IMF Structural Adjustment Facility Arrangement agreed, dummy.
IMF PRGF: IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement agreed, dummy.
IMF SBA 5: IMF Standby Arrangement in effect for at least 5 months in a particular year, dummy.
IMF EFF 5: IMF Extended Fund Facility Arrangement in effect for at least 5 months in a particular year, dummy.
IMF SAF 5: IMF Structural Adjustment Facility Arrangement in effect for at least 5 months in a particular year, dummy.
IMF PRGF 5: IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement in effect for at least 5 months in a particular year, dummy.

a data frame

Data website: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/wiso/awi/professuren/intwipol/datasets_en.html.

When using the IMF data, please cite:

Dreher, Axel, 2006, IMF and Economic Growth: The Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality, World Development 34, 5: 769-788.

When using the World Bank data, please cite:

Boockmann, Bernhard and Axel Dreher, 2003, The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom, European Journal of Political Economy 19, 3: 633-649.

## Not run: 
# Download 'WB other agreed', 'WB environment agreed'
# These are the default sheets to gather
WBPrograms <- IMF_WBGet()

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