povcalnet_wb Returns the official WB regional estimates

povcalnet_wb Returns the official WB regional estimates

povcalnet_wb(
  povline = 1.9,
  year = "all",
  url = "http://iresearch.worldbank.org",
  format = "csv"
)

Arguments

povline	numeric: poverty line (in 2011 PPP-adjusted USD) to calculate poverty measures
year	numeric: list of years, or `all`.
url	character: API root URL. For testing purposes only, should not be changed for 99 percent of users.
format	character: Response format to be requested from the API: `csv` or `json`

Value

data.frame

Examples

# \donttest{
povcalnet_wb(year = 2015)
#> # A tibble: 8 x 9
#>   regiontitle regioncode  year povertyline  mean headcount povertygap
#>   <chr>       <chr>      <dbl>       <dbl> <dbl>     <dbl>      <dbl>
#> 1 East Asia ~ EAP         2015         1.9  307.   0.0231     0.00455
#> 2 Europe and~ ECA         2015         1.9  513.   0.0161     0.00446
#> 3 Latin Amer~ LAC         2015         1.9  478.   0.0409     0.0151 
#> 4 Middle Eas~ MNA         2015         1.9  283.   0.0382     0.00895
#> 5 Other high~ OHI         2015         1.9 1638.   0.00707    0.00481
#> 6 South Asia  SAS         2015         1.9  131.   0.123      0.0216 
#> 7 Sub-Sahara~ SSA         2015         1.9  109.   0.423      0.162  
#> 8 World Total WLD         2015         1.9  462.   0.100      0.0310 
#> # ... with 2 more variables: povertygapsq <dbl>, population <dbl>
# }