Central African Republic World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database provides a long-term record of international trade for the Central African Republic. The project was developed by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. This dataset was last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling the Central African Republic's economic development based on its historical trade flows.
• Analyzing the impact of global events on a landlocked African economy based on trade data from 1948-2020.
• Studying commodity export dependencies and import structures for a specific country over seven decades.
• Benchmarking trade policy effectiveness using a consistent historical time series for a single nation.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time range from 1948 to 2020, providing a long-term perspective.
• Created by a named academic collaboration, suggesting a research-oriented methodology.
• Focuses on a single country, the Central African Republic, allowing for in-depth national analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data granularity (e.g., commodity level) are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Absell, Christopher; Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Project developed by researchers from University Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:48:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central African Republic