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Couple of weeks ago, I was looking for interesting data sets to play with using R. I came across this post and got inspired to use World Bank data to extract interesting patterns/facts about developing countries. World Bank has 300+ World Development indicators on 200+ countries from 1960 to 2008. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't.
I plotted BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) nations against USA. Here are some plots on a few topics…
Economic Policy and External Debt
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Education
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Environment
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Financial Sector
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Health
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Infrastructure
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Labor
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Private Sector
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Public Sector
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Science and Technology
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Social Development
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Urban Improvement
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