World Bank (2015). Africa Development Indicators: Economic Policy and Debt | Topic: External debt: Debt outstanding | World Development Indicator Attribute: Total stock of arrears, 2006. Data-Planet™ Statistical Ready Reference by Conquest Systems, Inc. [Data-file]. Dataset-ID: 051-004-001.
Dataset: The 578 Economic Policy and Debt indicators include metrics on economic policy and debt in four topical areas of Balance of Payment, External Debt, National Accounts, and Other Development Assistance metrics. Balance of Payment indicators include data on capital and financial accounts; current account balances; goods, services, and income; and transfers (ie, transfers of goods, services and income without a quid pro quo). External Debt indicators include data on amortization; arrears, reschedulings, etc. (eg, debt forgiveness); commitments; debt outstanding; debt ratios and other items, debt service; disbursements; interest; net flows; and net transfers. National Accounts indicators include data on Gross National Income, aggregate indicators of growth rate (eg, Gross Domestic Product, Gross Domestic Saving, etc.), in local currency at current and constant prices and in USD at current and constant prices; official development assistance; and purchasing power parity.
For World Bank definitions of each indicator included here, see http://statisticaldatasets.data-planet.com/DSCites/ADIEC.pdf .
The World Bank provides broad and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe as an aid to policymakers and advocacy groups in developing effective policies and monitoring the implementation of poverty reduction strategies and progress towards global goals. The dataset provided here contains over 1,600 indicators covering 53 African countries. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators.
Data sources and years of coverage vary across indicators. Much of the data comes from the statistical systems of World Bank member countries. The quality of the data depends on how well these national systems perform. Errata announcements are posted periodically by the World Bank at http://data.worldbank.org/about/data-updates-errata.
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Source: World Bank
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