The Africa Live Database (LDB) is a user-friendly computer-based data tool that consists of: a) a Local Data Base--a tool for in-depth economic work; b) query-- a tool for storing and manipulating economic and sectoral variables; and c) Africa briefings-- presorted ready-to-use data. The system was developed by the Africa Region of the World Bank with two complementary goals in mind: 1) in the short term, to provide staff in the region with an efficient means of collecting, analyzing and manipulating economic and sectoral data; and 2) in the long term, to become the linchpin of a major effort for capacity building in African countries, aimed at upgrading local capacity in statistical data collection and analysis. This, combined with other initiatives, could then become a powerful tool for monitoring the impact of policy on development. The LDB responds to three sets of client needs: a) staff in the World Bank, b) users of statistical information in client countries, and c) other users of statistical information worldwide-- other donors, researchers, banks, etc.
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Document Date
1999/10/01
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
57148
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/10/21
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
The Africa live data base : statistics for development
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Keywords
capacity building, client countries, connectivity, data collection, data management, decision-making, documents, e-mail, e-mail address, entry, focus groups, graphics, information technology, innovation, Knowledge Management, Learning, mainframe, new technology, performance indicators, programming, Query, researchers, result, results, targets, Team work, user, user groups, users
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The Africa live data base : statistics for development (French). Africa Region findings ; no. 125 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/979051468212085446/The-Africa-live-data-base-statistics-for-development