find_table: Search for PPI table by specifying region, country and/or calculation type.
Description
Search for PPI table by specifying region, country and/or calculation type.
Usage
find_table(
region = steer$region,
country = steer$country[steer$region %in% region],
type = steer$type[steer$country %in% country]
)
Value
A data frame in tibble format of corresponding PPI table/s
matching the search parameters. The data frame contains information on the
region, country, description, survey year,
release year, calculation type, and filename of the
returned PPI table/s.
Arguments
region
Region of the world to search PPI table from. Default is
c("Africa", "Asia", "Eastern Europe and Central Asia",
"Latin America and the Carribean", "Middle East and North Africa"). Allows
specification of one region or a vector of regions.
country
Country to search PPI table from. Default is vector of all
country names from the specified region/s. Allows specification of one
country name or a vector of country names.
type
Type of PPI calculation used. Can be one of two options: "sps"
for the Simple Poverty Scorecard calculation or "ipa" for the
International Poverty Alliance calculation. Default is vector of all
calculation types available for the specified country/ies.