Accessing Global Development Finance 2004 with Stata
The GDF 2004 dataset may also be accessed with Stata over
the web (within the BC network). Please contact
ATS if you need a copy of Stata for your computer.
There are three Stata binary datasets:
- wdfcty : contains country codes, names, and record count of available data
download wdfcty
- wdfser: contains series codes, names, and record count of available countries
download wdfser
- wdf2004: the data themselves
download wdf2004
In the wdf2004 datafile, each record contains four identifiers:
- obsnr: series number, 1-218
- sercode: series code
- ctycode: three-letter country (or group) code
- year: four-digit year
and the data value, as a double.
Warning: this is a large file, with 870,000 records. At least 35 Mb of
memory
(set mem 35m) is needed to access the data with Stata.
Please contact ATS for more information on this dataset.
Last updated: 1 November 2004