[okfn-discuss] Question About Country Level Data

[Tarek Amr]

Have you checked the World Bank Data?
http://data.worldbank.org/



On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:48 PM, marc at publicsectorcredit.org <
marc at publicsectorcredit.org> wrote:

>  I am working on a project that requires regular updates of eight metrics
> for as many countries as possible.  The metrics are:
>
>
>
> 1.       Per Capita GDP
>
> 2.       Corruption Perception Index
>
> 3.       Central Government Interest Expense to Revenue Ratio
>
> 4.       Public Debt to GDP Ratio
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> 5.       Current Account Balance as % of GDP
>
> 6.       GDP Growth Rate
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> 7.       Annual Change in Consumer Price Index
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> 8.       Unemployment Rate
>
>
>
> While I know where to get this data, I am hoping to minimize manual
> effort.  Can anyone suggest open data sources and technologies that would
> enable me to collect these metrics on a near real time basis with minimal
> scraping and reformatting, and to display them on a royalty-free basis?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc Joffe
>
> Public Sector Credit Solutions
>
> http://www.publicsectorcredit.org/ca
>
>
>
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Tarek Amr

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