IMF_WBGet | R Documentation |
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.
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
|
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 |
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()
## End(Not run)
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