wb_project: World Bank project data

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World Bank project data

Description

Query World Bank project data from the Projects API.

Usage

wb_project(
  id = NULL,
  country = NULL,
  status = NULL,
  region = NULL,
  search = NULL,
  start_date = NULL,
  end_date = NULL
)

Arguments

id	(NULL | character(1)) Project ID to query, e.g. "P163868". Default NULL. If provided, other filters are ignored.
country	(NULL | character()) ISO country code(s) to filter by, e.g. "BR" or c("BR", "IN"). Default NULL.
status	(NULL | character(1)) Project status to filter by. One of "Active", "Closed", "Dropped", or "Pipeline". Default NULL.
region	(NULL | character(1)) Region name to filter by, e.g. "South Asia". Default NULL.
search	(NULL | character(1)) Free-text search term. Default NULL.
start_date	(NULL | character(1)) Board approval start date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format. Default NULL.
end_date	(NULL | character(1)) Board approval end date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format. Default NULL.

Value

A data.frame() with World Bank project data. The columns are:

• id: The project ID.

• project_name: The project name.

• status: The project status.

• approval_date: The board approval date.

• closing_date: The closing date.

• country_code: The ISO country code.

• country: The country name.

• region: The region name.

• total_commitment: The total commitment amount in millions USD.

• ibrd_commitment: The IBRD commitment amount in millions USD.

• ida_commitment: The IDA commitment amount in millions USD.

• lending_instrument: The lending instrument type.

• borrower: The borrower name.

• implementing_agency: The implementing agency name.

• url: The project URL.

Source

https://search.worldbank.org/api/v2/projects

Examples

# active projects in Brazil related to education
wb_project(country = "BR", status = "Active", search = "education")

# look up a specific project
wb_project(id = "P163868")

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