Documentation

Our codebook provides the list of variables and describes the methodology and definitions applied for the construction of the dataset.
We are indebted to Laura Barros, Patrick Betz, Jovan Gavrilovic, Lisa Gürth, Devika Herrmann, Franziska Linke, Daniel Overbeck, Harshvardhan Rathore, Sarah Seidel, Felix Turbanisch, Nicolas Wesseler, and Fahmida Yasmin for outstanding research assistance.

This is a README file that provides an overview of the posted data.

Source of header images:
Left: EximBank of India. Press Releases. Exim Bank’s study highlights India’s trade potential with select countries in Africa. May 1, 2014. Last accessed on March 28, 2022.
Right:  MEA Outcome Budget 2010-2011, p. 24. Last accessed on March 28, 2022.