World Bank Group data on Guinea-Bissau's technology base, last updated 2026-04-28. The dataset likely contains metrics such as research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and intellectual property activity. It aggregates information from sources including UNESCO, the U.S. National Science Board, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national research and development investment based on R&D metrics mentioned in the description
- Analyzing trends in scientific output based on scientific and technical journal article counts
- Assessing economic diversification based on high-technology export data
- Modeling intellectual property flows based on royalty, license fee, and patent/trademark indicators
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative international organizations like UNESCO, IMF, and WIPO
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting flexible reuse with attribution
- Available in CSV format, a widely supported standard for tabular data
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, aggregating data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, IMF, and WIPO
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official national reports and international statistical surveys
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 02:43:12.941716; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Guinea-Bissau