wbwdi Data Model

Overview

The diagram below shows the data model of the wbwdi package. In our design, we primarily have R users in mind, particularly those who rely heavily on the popular data manipulation packages dplyr and data.table. For these users, having consistent and descriptive primary key column names across different tables (e.g., entity_id, series_id) simplifies writing joins across tables, reduces the risk of column name conflicts, and avoids ambiguity. For more information on the design philosophy, we refer to econdataverse.org.

A visual representation of the data model behind the 'wbwdi' R package.

Table details

entities

Column name	Description	Example value
entity_id	Unique identifier for the entity	ZMB
entity_name	Standardized name of the entity	Zambia
entity_iso2code	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the entity	ZM
entity_type	Type of entity (country, aggregate)	country
capital_city	Capital city of the entity	Lusaka
region_id	Unique identifier for the region	SSF
region_name	Name of the region	Sub-Saharan Africa
region_iso2code	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the region	ZG
admin_region_id	Unique identifier for the administrative region	SSA
admin_region_name	Name of the administrative region	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
admin_region_iso2code	Unique identifier for the administrative region	ZF
income_level_id	Unique identifier for the income level	LMC
income_level_name	Name of the income level	Lower middle income
income_level_iso2code	ISO code of the income level	XN
lending_type_id	Unique identifier for the lending type	IDX
lending_type_name	Name of the lending type	IDA
lending_type_iso2code	ISO code of the lending type	XI
longitude	Longitude of the entity	28.2937
latitude	Latitude of the entity	-15.3982

Indicators

Column name	Description	Example value
indicator_id	Unique identifier for the indicator	DT.DOD.DPPG.CD
indicator_name	Name of the indicator	External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$)
source_id	Unique identifier for the data source	2
source_name	Name for the data source	World Development Indicators
source_note	Note about the data source	Public and publicly guaranteed debt comprises long-term external obligations of public debtors, including the national government, Public Corporations, State Owned Enterprises, Development Banks and Other Mixed Enterprises, political subdivisions (or an agency of either), autonomous public bodies, and external obligations of private debtors that are guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
source_organization	Organization responsible for the data series	World Bank, International Debt Statistics.
topics	List of topics with ID and corresponding name	(20, External Debt)

Topics

Column name	Description	Example value
topic_id	Unique identifier for the topic	1
topic_name	Name of the topic	Agriculture & Rural Development
topic_note	Note about the topic	For the 70 percent of the world’s poor who live in rural areas, agriculture is the main source of income and employment. But depletion and degradation of land and water pose serious challenges to producing enough food and other agricultural products to sustain livelihoods here and meet the needs of urban populations. Data presented here include measures of agricultural inputs, outputs, and productivity compiled by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

Sources

Column name	Description	Example value
source_id	Unique identifier for the source	1
source_name	Name of the source	Doing Business
update_date	Date with last update	2021-08-18
is_data_available	Indicator whether data is available	TRUE
is_metadata_available	Indicator whether metadata is available	TRUE
concepts	Number of concepts in the source	3

World Development Indicators

Column name	Description	Example value
entity_id	Identifier for the entity	USA
indicator_id	Identifier for the indicator	DT.DOD.DPPG.CD
year	Year of the data point	2020
quarter	Quarter of the data point (if quarterly data is requested and available).	3
month	Month of the data point (if monthly data is requested and available).	2020 1
value	Value of the data point	4298957000