The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development
The Africa Live Database (LDB) is a user-friendly computer-based data tool that consists of: a) a Local Data Base--a tool for in-depth economic work; b) query-- a tool for storing and manipulating economic and sectoral variables; and c) Africa brie...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/12/12892989/africa-live-data-base-statistics-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9877 |
| Summary: | The Africa Live Database (LDB) is a
user-friendly computer-based data tool that consists of: a)
a Local Data Base--a tool for in-depth economic work; b)
query-- a tool for storing and manipulating economic and
sectoral variables; and c) Africa briefings-- presorted
ready-to-use data. The system was developed by the Africa
Region of the World Bank with two complementary goals in
mind: 1) in the short term, to provide staff in the region
with an efficient means of collecting, analyzing and
manipulating economic and sectoral data; and 2) in the long
term, to become the linchpin of a major effort for capacity
building in African countries, aimed at upgrading local
capacity in statistical data collection and analysis. This,
combined with other initiatives, could then become a
powerful tool for monitoring the impact of policy on
development. The LDB responds to three sets of client needs:
a) staff in the World Bank, b) users of statistical
information in client countries, and c) other users of
statistical information worldwide-- other donors,
researchers, banks, etc. |
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