How to retrieve data from World Bank database in stata

[Caterina Brest Lopez]

Hi all,

I've been using wbopendata stata command to retrieve indicators from the World Bank database but I've noticed that after some time, they update the indicators and move the old ones to the archive. When this happens, the wbopendata displays error 23. I was wondering if anyone knows a way of accessing the information that has been moved to the WB archive from stata.
Thanks!

[Sergiy Radyakin]

-wbopendata- is a wrapper to utilize the WB indicators API.

Refer to the documentation for that API. If the indicators have been replaced or removed from the access, -wbopendata- will not magically hack them out.
If the indicators are still available through the direct API queries, but not through -wbopendata-, send an example to the author with comments.

the API documentation is here
https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/k...-documentation
and possibly in other places. Refer to the program's source for exact reference.

[Caterina Brest Lopez]

Thanks, Sergiy Radyakin !