Description
|
The variables contained in this dataset are drawn from numerous datasets and standard reference sources. They provide geographic, climatic, demographic, sociological and international information about the countries in the dataset. The geographic data includes details regarding the location and size of countries and also information concerning the infrastructure of those countries. The climatic data has information on the occurrence of drought as well as information on rainfall and temperature. Demographic data includes information on population and urbanization as well as information on ethnicity and religion. The sociological data includes information on human capital: education and health. Finally, the international data has information regarding groups of which the countries are members as well as variables that may act as indicators of global economic conditions. (2010)
|
Keyword
|
political economy, sub-Saharan Africa, African political institutions, investment, economic growth, ethnicity, human capital, institutions, political participation, violence, African political economy |
Related Publication
| Project and related working papers
Aryeetey, Ernest and Christopher Udry. Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa CID Working Paper no.38, January 2000.
Adenikinju, Adeola F. and Olugboyega Oyerant. "Characteristics and Behaviour of African Factor Markets and Market Institutions and Their Consequences for Economic Growth". CID Working Paper no. 31, January 2000.
Bates, Robert H. "Ethnicity, Capital Formation, and Conflict" CID Working Paper no. 27, October 1999
Bates, Robert H. and Shantayanan Devarajan. "Framework Paper on the Political Economy of African Growth" (forthcoming in CID Working Paper Series)
Bates,Robert H., Avner Greif and Smita Singh. "Organizing Violence" CID Working Paper no. 71, June 2001.
Bates,Robert H. and Irene Yackovlev. "Through a Different Optic? Ethnicity and Development in Africa" Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001.
Ferree, Karen and Smita Singh. "Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Africa, 1970-1995". (forthcoming in CID Working Paper Series)
Hoeffler, Anke E. "The Augmented Solow Model and the African Growth Debate" CID Working Paper no.36, January 2000.
Humphreys, Macartan and Robert Bates. "Economic Policies in Africa: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Paper prepared for delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001.
Humphreys, Macartan. Background Information on Political Institutions and Political Behavior (Support Document for AERC Country Authors), March 2000
LaFerrara, Eliana and Robert H. Bates. Political Competition in Weak States CID Working Paper no. 68, June 2001.
O'Connell, Stephen A. O’and Benno J. Ndulu. Africa's Growth Experience: A Focus on Sources of Growth, April 2000
Voortman, R. L., B. G. J. S. Sonneveld, and M. A. Keyzer. African Land Ecology: Opportunities and Constraints for Agricultural Development CID Working Paper no.37, January 2000. |