World Bank Mapping for Results

All World Bank IBRD/IDA, 2011

Summary

This geocoded dataset contains nearly 2,500 active World Bank projects in over 30,000 locations across 144 countries that were approved between 1997 and 2011.

Official Citation

Strandow, Daniel, Michael Findley, Daniel Nielson, and Josh Powell. 2011. The UCDP-AidData codebook on Geo-referencing Foreign Aid. Version 1.1. Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University.

Date Published

September 27, 2011

Full Description

This dataset contains nearly 2,500 active World Bank projects in over 30,000 locations across 144 countries that were approved between 1997 and 2011. The dataset was created by AidData in partnership with the World Bank Institute and is current to September 2011.

Related Datasets

No items found.

Related Publications

No items found.

Related Blogs

August 8, 2010

Mapping For Results

Geo-referencing creates the localized information that empowers recipients to hold their governments accountable and makes it possible to easily visualize aid information so it is accessible and understandable.

October 8, 2010

World Bank Open Data Initiative Features Geo-Coded Maps

Yesterday the World Bank unveiled an interactive mapping tool that allows users to view the locations within a country where World Bank project dollars are spent, view expenditures by sector, and overlay these projects with sub-national data.

August 29, 2011

A spatial perspective on World Bank health projects in India

While development indicators improved in some regions over time, some regions were continuously lagging behind.

April 18, 2011

Time for some mashups: World Bank and AidData released geographic data for 81 countries and launch open.aiddata.org

The geocoded data represent more than 16,000 locations for more than 2,700 active Bank activities in all 79 IDA countries, plus China and the Philippines.