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A

Access to electricity (% of population)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS	World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.
Description	Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SP.ADO.TFRT	United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects.
Description	Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
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Annual deforestation (% of change)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
ER.FST.DFST.ZG	Food and Agriculture Organization, Global Forest Resources Assessment.
Description	Average annual deforestation refers to the permanent conversion of natural forest area to other uses, including shifting cultivation, permanent agriculture, ranching, settlements, and infrastructure development. Deforested areas do not include areas logged but intended for regeneration or areas degraded by fuelwood gathering, acid precipitation, or forest fires. Negative numbers indicate an increase in forest area.
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B

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SH.STA.BRTC.ZS	UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.
Description	Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.
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C

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
EN.ATM.CO2E.PC	Data for up to 1990 are sourced from Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States. Data from 1990 are CAIT data: Climate Watch. 2020. GHG Emissions. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available at: https://www.climatewatchdata.org/ghg-emissions. See SP.POP.TOTL for the denominator's source.
Description	Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
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Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SL.EMP.1524.SP.FE.ZS	International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved on June 15, 2021.
Description	Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
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Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SL.EMP.1524.SP.MA.ZS	International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved on June 15, 2021.
Description	Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
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Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SL.EMP.1524.SP.ZS	International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved on June 15, 2021.
Description	Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
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G

GDP per capita growth (annual %)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG	World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
Description	Annual percentage growth rate of GDP per capita based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.
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Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
LP.LPI.OVRL.XQ	World Bank and Turku School of Economics, Logistic Performance Index Surveys. Data are available online at : http://www.worldbank.org/lpi. Summary results are published in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators report.
Description	Logistics Performance Index overall score reflects perceptions of a country's logistics based on efficiency of customs clearance process, quality of trade- and transport-related infrastructure, ease of arranging competitively priced shipments, quality of logistics services, ability to track and trace consignments, and frequency with which shipments reach the consignee within the scheduled time. The index ranges from 1 to 5, with a higher score representing better performance. Data are from Logistics Performance Index surveys conducted by the World Bank in partnership with academic and international institutions and private companies and individuals engaged in international logistics. 2009 round of surveys covered more than 5,000 country assessments by nearly 1,000 international freight forwarders. Respondents evaluate eight markets on six core dimensions on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best). The markets are chosen based on the most important export and import markets of the respondent's country, random selection, and, for landlocked countries, neighboring countries that connect them with international markets. Scores for the six areas are averaged across all respondents and aggregated to a single score using principal components analysis. Details of the survey methodology and index construction methodology are in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete 2010: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy (2010).
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Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.FE.ZS	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of September 2020.
Description	Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.
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Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS	UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of September 2020.
Description	Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.
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M

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SH.STA.MMRT	WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019
Description	Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).
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Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SH.DYN.MORT	Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Description	Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
EN.ATM.PM25.MC.ZS	Brauer, M. et al. 2017, for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
Description	Percent of population exposed to ambient concentrations of PM2.5 that exceed the WHO guideline value is defined as the portion of a country’s population living in places where mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 are greater than 10 micrograms per cubic meter, the guideline value recommended by the World Health Organization as the lower end of the range of concentrations over which adverse health effects due to PM2.5 exposure have been observed.
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Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SH.STA.STNT.ZS	UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
Description	Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
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R

Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
Dimension	Series
Database Name	IDA Results Measurement System, Tier I Database – WDI
Code	Source
SL.TLF.CACT.FM.ZS	Derived using data from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. The data retrieved on June 15, 2021.
Description	Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is calculated by dividing female labor force participation rate by male labor force participation rate and multiplying by 100.
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