World Bank staff assessments of country performance in economic management, structural policies, social inclusion, and public sector management for the poorest countries. The dataset also includes government finance statistics from the IMF and tax policy indicators from various sources. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is provided by the World Bank Group under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking government economic management based on World Bank staff assessments.
- Analyzing public sector revenues and expenses based on IMF Government Finance Statistics.
- Evaluating policies for social inclusion and equity mentioned in the description.
- Comparing tax policies across sources referenced in the dataset.
Strengths
- Data originates from authoritative sources like the World Bank and IMF.
- Covers multiple policy dimensions: economic management, structural policies, social inclusion, and public sector institutions.
- License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.
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
- Collection Method
- Staff assessments and compiled international statistics.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 03:20:45.747983; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Hong Kong SAR, China