WBN: New Research Computation for Economic Research Practioners and Policy Makers.

The World Bank’s Development Research Group has partnered with StataCorp to provide free state-of-the-art computationaltools for applied economic research to practitioners andpolicymakers in developing countries.

Until now, users of theBank’s automated platform for applied economic analysis(ADePT) have needed their own copy of the Stata program. Thenew partnership, effective mid-September 2009, allows the Bankto distribute ADePT free of charge as a standalone program tousers around the world.

ADePT has so far been widely used bothin the Bank and by the government and research institutions indeveloping countries. The cooperation of the World Bank withStata Corporation combines the computational power of Statawith the expertise of World Bank researchers to help developingcountry governments fight poverty, improve health andeducational outcomes for children, design efficient andwell-targeted systems of social protection, and address manyother issues of economic development.

Disclosed: World Bank Group Report