Foundational Datasets and Data Products Summary

Foundational Datasets

Foundational Datasets refer to all datasets used in the analytics prepared for a project. The Foundational Datasets table includes a description of the data and their update frequency, as well as access links and contact information for questions about use and access. Users should not require any datasets not included in this table to complete the analytical work for the Data Good.

Following is list of all Foundational Datasets used in this Data Good:

Note

Project Sharepoint links are only accessible to the project team. For permissions to access these data, please write to the contact provided.

The Development Data Hub is the World Bank’s central data catalogue and includes meta-data and license information.

Where feasible, all datasets that can be obtained through the Development Data Hub have been placed in a special collection: forthcoming

ID	Name	License	Description	Update Frequency	Access	Contact
1	Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)	Open	Drought index that captures how observed precipitation deviates from the climatological average over a given time period.	Monthly	drought.gov	Benny Istanto (bistanto@worldbank.org)
2	GADM Administrative Boundaries	Open	Geosptaial administrative boundary data	Varies by country	Via Website and Project SharePoint	Andres Chamorro (achamorroelizond@worldbank.org)
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Data Products Summary

Data Products are produced using the Foundational Datasets and can be further used to generate indicators and insights. All Data Products include documentation, references to original data sources (and/or information on how to access them), and a description of their limitations.

Following is a summary of Data Products used in this Data Good:

ID	Name	Description	Limitations	Foundational Datasets Used (ID#)
A	Drought Monitoring	Observed droughts in Morocco from xx to yy.	forthcoming	1,2
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