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widr: Interface to the World Inequality Database (WID)

Interface to the World Inequality Database (WID) API <https://wid.world>. Downloads distributional national accounts data with filters for country, year, percentile, age group, and population type. Includes code validation and reference tables. Independent implementation unaffiliated with the World Inequality Lab (WIL) or the Paris School of Economics.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: base64enc, jsonlite, digest, ggplot2, httr2, scales, tools, utils
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.0.0), covr, knitr, rmarkdown, withr
Published: 2026-03-16
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.widr
Author: Cheryl Isabella Lim [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Cheryl Isabella Lim <cheryl.academic at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/cherylisabella/widr/issues
License: GPL-3
URL: https://github.com/cherylisabella/widr
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: widr results

Documentation:

Reference manual: widr.html , widr.pdf
Vignettes: WID Code Dictionary (source, R code)
Getting started with widr (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: widr_0.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: widr_0.1.0.zip, r-release: widr_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: widr_0.1.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): widr_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): widr_0.1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): widr_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): widr_0.1.0.tgz

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These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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