[ ] Creation of exported ids_list_geographies() function that loads pre-processed system data (see https://r-pkgs.org/data.html#sec-data-sysdata). The idea is that the geographies are not automatically exported to the users, but need to be called explicitly via ids_list_geographies().
country_id from World Bank API is the same as iso3c from countrycode. We decided to not use this package though to avoid license issues. We'll wait for the new micropackage.
Any place there isn't a standardized country name is an aggregate (I checked). WDI API also provides information about country vs aggregate through region.
For non-countries, we can use the aggregate name provided by World Bank API
This issue includes:
In a later issue, we'll introduce standardized names: https://github.com/Teal-Insights/r-wbids/issues/18
Some notes (Teal checked, Christoph verified):
countrycode
. We decided to not use this package though to avoid license issues. We'll wait for the new micropackage.