Context

This dataset contains additional data snapshot provided by kiva.org. It could be used in the Data Science for Good: Kiva Crowdfunding challenge. The snapshot provides information about 1.4M loans and 2.3M lenders.

Country level statistics and detailed economic grid data are provided as well.

Inspiration

These additional files could be used for

• NLP
• Demography (age, marital status, family size)
• Explore lenders statistics
• Map poverty indices, economic data to countries/regions
• Merge GPS coords to loans

Content

This dataset has seven main files.

• loans.csv
• lenders.csv
• loans_lenders.csv
• country_stats.csv
• GEconV4.csv
• locations.csv
• loan_coords.csv

Acknowledgements

• Thanks for kiva for providing these snapshots. http://build.kiva.org/docs/data/snapshots
• Human Development Index http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI
• CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/fields/print_2046.html
• Global Gridded Geographically Based Economic Data http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/spatialecon-gecon-v4

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