Malawi's Historical Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

1948-2020 trade data for Malawi, part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. The dataset was developed by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It was last updated on the dataverse platform in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling Malawi's trade dependency and economic growth based on historical trade flows.
• Analyzing the impact of regional integration and policy changes on Malawi's trade over time.
• Benchmarking Malawi's trade performance against other countries within the historical database framework.

Strengths

• Covers a long historical period from 1948 to 2020.
• Part of a well-known academic project led by researchers from multiple universities.
• Last updated metadata indicates recent platform activity as of 2024-05-05.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:24:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malawi