Version notes 7.42 (August 2019)

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Recent Model Updates

Recent Data Updates (since version 7.41)

Source
Number of Series
IMF WEO
1
IMF GFS
8
WDI 2
UNPD
1
ITU 1
UN SDGs 127
World Bank Doing Business
22
IHME
EDGAR 6
Dellink
15

Pre-Processor Updates

A total of 13 preprocessor series were included in this update. 

The main series updated are: GDP from the IMF (GDP2011), GDP per capita at PPP from WDI (GDP2011PCPPP), Population from UNPD, IMF government expenditures, revenue and tax data (GovtCalcExpendCen%GDP, GovtCalcRevCen%GDP, GovtCalcEdCen%GDP, GovtCalcEdTot%GDP, GovtCalcExpendTot%GDP, GovtCalcHealthTot%GDP, GovtCalcRevTot%GDP, TotRev%GDPIMF, TaxSocSec%CurRev), and Mobile broadband cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants from the ITU (ICTBroadbandMobileSubsPer100).

New Series Added

IHME Data

IHME now provides deaths by disease broken out by sex which have been included in this update.

TFP Data from Dellink

We have added 17 new TFP forecast series from Dellink. These include SSP1-SSP5 data and percent change from 2005-2100, as well as shortened versions that start in 2015. Additionally, history and historical percent change were added which start in 1960.

Methane Emissions Data from EDGAR

We now have data on 6 broad categories pulled in from EDGAR. Data for methane emissions has been collected from the EDGAR database maintained by PNNL. The database can be found here- https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=432_GHG

Data is available for 181 countries from 1970-2012. Categories:

1.      Methane emissions from fermentation

2.      Methane emissions from solid fuel production

3.      Methane emissions from oil and gas production

4.      Methane emissions from wastewater handling

5.      Methane emissions from rice cultivation

6.      Methane emissions from other sources

Bug fixes/updates since 7.41