Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database for Africa, 1800-2016

Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito developed the Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. This dataset provides a historical record of world trade changes from 1800 to 2016, with a specific focus on Africa. The data was harvested from the e-cienciaDatos Dataverse and last updated on May 5, -2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in African trade volume based on the 1800-2016 time range
• Model the impact of historical events on African trade flows based on the described historical database
• Compare African trade patterns with other regions using the world trade database framework

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time span from 1800 to 2016
• Developed by named academic researchers from recognized universities
• Last updated metadata indicates recent platform activity in 2024

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Giovanni Federico (Università di Pisa) and Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Collection Method

Project developed by the authors; data harvested from e-cienciaDatos Dataverse.

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:40:25; freshness should be verified

Geography

Africa