davide-f
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8 months ago FYI @doneachh
Closed davide-f closed 8 months ago
davide-f
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8 months ago FYI @doneachh
davide-f
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8 months ago There is wbgapi that can be used to download data of databank. https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/introducing-wbgapi-new-python-package-accessing-world-bank-data
If we use various series, then it may be worth using, otherwise we could investigate its functionality and reproduce an effect if short. It exploits requests, so it shouldn't be a big deal bit to be verified xD
Checklist
mainbranch or the latest release. Please indicate.pypsa-africaenvironment. Update viaconda env update -f envs/environment.yaml.Describe the Bug
Data in file urban_percent are limited to few countries that limit its usage at africa or world scale. That information (percentage of urban population) is accessible from databank worldbank portal (along with a ton of other informations). See url: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators Database: World Development Indicators Serie: "Urban population (% of total population)
This link: https://databank.worldbank.org/AjaxDownload/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=P_fd6c7038-d48b-479f-8411-bc1795fa6adb.zip&filetype=CSV&language=en&displayfile=P_Data_Extract_From_World_Development_Indicators.zip temporarily downloads part of the data, not sure how stable that is. It may be good to investigate some APIs of the portal
From here: https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/ the entire dataset can be downloaded
From here the specific serie can be seen: https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?dsid=2&series=SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
There may be other files that have a similar problem, such as hydrogen_salt_vavern, export_ports (it makes sense), tbd
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