African Capital Flows and Balance of Payments Data

Capital flow data denominated in current U.S. dollars, compiled by the Africa Development Indicators organization. The dataset includes the sum of short-term capital, net errors and omissions, and other capital transactions not included elsewhere.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between 'Other capital flows, net' and other macroeconomic indicators for a country.
• Analyzing trends in short-term capital movements across African nations over time.
• Identifying anomalies in 'net errors and omissions' data to assess data reporting quality.

Strengths

• Data is denominated in a standard currency (current U.S. dollars) for cross-country comparison.
• Compiled by an authoritative organization (Africa Development Indicators) focused on regional data.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to African nations, not globally representative.

Provenance

Source

Africa Development Indicators

Geography

Africa