Thousands of datasets--which used to cost thousands of dollars to access--and now free and easily browsable on the web.
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Big news today for data geeks and anyone with any interest in world development: The World Bank, which exhaustively compiles worldwide data on quality of life and economics, is throwing open all of its data to the public. Formerly, getting that data required an extremely expensive subscription. As a bonus, the data is presented in a fancy-dancy new visual interface. Here...
Published on April 21, 2010 08:34