World Development Indicators country name
World Bank country name, long form
Development Assistance Committee (OECD) country name
International Financial Statistics country code
Months (January 1990=1)
=1 if country has joined IMF & not yet graduated from program participation
=1 if the government is interim, 0 otherwise
=1 if country is involved in an international or civil war, 0 otherwise
=1 if an election occurs in the calendar year, 0 otherwise
=1 if a country is in bad standing with the IMF (not eligible to draw), 0 otherw
Quota in the IMF in mln SDRs
ID variable for each government
=1 if government falls, 0 otherwise
Government duration in months
Shugart & Carey Executive powers (1-21); Hellman & Tucker, extended
Number of parties in the governing coalition
Seat share in parliament of the largest party in the government
Seat share in parliament of the governing coalition
Left-right government economic partisanship score: -10 (far left) to 10 (far rig
Left-right economic partisanship score, 2nd largest party in govt: -10 (far left
Months to the next parliamentary election
President's duration in office in months
Months to the next presidential election
Freedom House Civil Rights & Political Freedoms Score (2-14)
=1 if a functioning bond market exists, 0 otherwise
Fiscal years, Reported by USAID in ASI, $1,000
Aggregate OECD aid excluding US, WB reporting, $1,000
Aggregate OECD aid excluding US, DAC, $1,000
Disbursements by calendar years, Reported by DAC, $1,000
Federation of American Scientists, $1,000
Revenues - expenditures, IFS
Official discount rate, IFS
Treasury bill rate, IFS
Current Account, IFS
Quasi-money, IFS
M1, IFS
% change in consumer price index, IFS
% change in domestic credit, monthly, IFS
% change in exchange rate, monthly, IFS
% change in reserves, monthly, IFS