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World Bank Projects API

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World Bank Projects API

The World Bank publishes its lending-project portfolio (IBRD/IDA projects) via a keyless JSON API (search.worldbank.org/api/v2/projects), distinct from the Indicators API (world-bank) and the Documents & Reports API (world-bank-documents-api).

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Coverage

World Bank (IBRD/IDA) lending projects with country, sector, commitment amounts, status and approval dates. The data catalog page says: "World Bank Projects & Operations provides access to basic information on all of the World Bank's lending projects from 1947 to the present." The catalog page's maintenance metadata lists update_frequency "Day" (update_schedule "Daily").

Verdict

Keyless JSON API (search.worldbank.org/api/v2/projects) for World Bank (IBRD/IDA) lending projects — country, sector, commitment amounts, status and approval dates. Licensed CC-BY-4.0: the data catalog page says: "This dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0" Distinct from the world-bank (Indicators API) and world-bank-documents-api (Documents & Reports) entries. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

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