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This catalog lists all Open Data and other publicly available data disseminated through World Bank sites, but may have some restrictions on use. </p></div></div></div></div></accordion-group><accordion-group _ngcontent-sc157="" heading="For non Open Data datasets, how does one know what these restrictions are?" class="panel" style="display: block;" _nghost-sc156=""><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel card panel-default"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="tab" class="panel-heading card-header panel-enabled"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel-title"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="button" class="accordion-toggle" aria-expanded="false"><button _ngcontent-sc156="" type="button" class="btn btn-link"> For non Open Data datasets, how does one know what these restrictions are? </button></div></div></div><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="tabpanel" class="panel-collapse collapse" style="display:none;" aria-hidden="true"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel-body card-block card-body"><div _ngcontent-sc157=""></div><div _ngcontent-sc157="" class="Questions"><p _ngcontent-sc157=""> Each dataset is tagged with a terms of use which provides details on these restrictions. </p></div></div></div></div></accordion-group><accordion-group _ngcontent-sc157="" heading="What are the various licenses used in the Data Catalog?" class="panel" style="display: block;" _nghost-sc156=""><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel card panel-default"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="tab" class="panel-heading card-header panel-enabled"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel-title"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="button" class="accordion-toggle" aria-expanded="false"><button _ngcontent-sc156="" type="button" class="btn btn-link"> What are the various licenses used in the Data Catalog? </button></div></div></div><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="tabpanel" class="panel-collapse collapse" style="display:none;" aria-hidden="true"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel-body card-block card-body"><div _ngcontent-sc157=""></div><div _ngcontent-sc157="" class="Questions"><p _ngcontent-sc157=""> The World Bank Group makes data available using a combination of licenses based on the <a _ngcontent-sc157="">Access to Information policy</a>. As much as possible, we distribute data according to <a _ngcontent-sc157="">open data standards</a> and licensed under the <a _ngcontent-sc157="">Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 4.0)</a>. Many datasets are also available under other licenses. 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Microdata Library lists all survey data and administrative records, Data Bank provides access to time series data. </p></div></div></div></div></accordion-group><accordion-group _ngcontent-sc157="" heading="Who owns the datasets listed in the catalog? Do they belong to the World Bank Group(WBG)?" class="panel" style="display: block;" _nghost-sc156=""><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel card panel-default"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="tab" class="panel-heading card-header panel-enabled"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" class="panel-title"><div _ngcontent-sc156="" role="button" class="accordion-toggle" aria-expanded="false"><button _ngcontent-sc156="" type="button" class="btn btn-link"> Who owns the datasets listed in the catalog? 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