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World Bank project data

Source: R/projects.R
wb_project.Rd

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
)

Source

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

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.

(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.

Examples

# \donttest{
# active projects in Brazil related to education
wb_project(country = "BR", status = "Active", search = "education")
#> Waiting 4s for retry backoff ■■■■■■■■■                       
#> Waiting 4s for retry backoff ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■                
#> Waiting 4s for retry backoff ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■  
#> Error in req_perform(req, path = get_path(i), mock = mock): HTTP 500 Internal Server Error.

# look up a specific project
wb_project(id = "P163868")
#>              id                                          project_name status
#> P163868 P163868 Support to Upper Secondary Reform in Brazil Operation Active
#>         approval_date closing_date country_code country
#> P163868    2017-12-14   2024-12-31           BR  Brazil
#>                              region total_commitment ibrd_commitment
#> P163868 Latin America and Caribbean              250             250
#>         ida_commitment            lending_instrument
#> P163868              0 Program-for-Results Financing
#>                                             borrower
#> P163868 Ministry of Economy (Minist�rio da Economia)
#>                                    implementing_agency
#> P163868 Ministry of Education (Minist�rio da Educa��o)
#>                                                                                  url
#> P163868 https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P163868
# }