Nigeria's AfT-Export Dataset
Description
This dataset contains panel data used to analyse the impact of Aid for Trade (AfT) on Nigeria’s agricultural export performance from 2005 to 2018. The data is structured at the bilateral level, capturing Nigeria’s trade with multiple partner countries over time. It includes detailed information on bilateral exports, disaggregated Aid for Trade flows (total, economic infrastructure, productive capacity, and trade policy), control variables such as GDP, distance, real and agricultural production, as well as dummy variables capturing trade agreements, linguistic ties, and regional integration (e.g. ECOWAS membership). The dataset supports fixed effects gravity model estimations and includes relevant economic and institutional indicators drawn from a range of sources including UN COMTRADE, OECD CRS, World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI), CEPII, and the WTO. This dataset is made available for academic and research purposes only. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the data, the compilers make no warranties regarding its completeness, reliability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Users are advised to consult original data sources (e.g. UN COMTRADE, OECD CRS, World Bank WDI, CEPII, WTO) for official statistics and definitions.
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This dataset was created by systematically combining multiple publicly available sources. Export data was extracted from the UN COMTRADE database using the BACI reconciliation methodology, capturing Nigeria's bilateral exports to 198 trading partners between 2005 and 2018, disaggregated into 15 product categories, and then aggregated into three sectors (agriculture, which includes Animal Products, Vegetable Products, and Foodstuffs; minerals, which includes Mineral Products; and manufacturing, which includes the remaining 11 categories). Aid for Trade disbursement data was obtained from the OECD Creditor Reporting System, disaggregated into three components: economic infrastructure (transport, storage, communications, energy), productive capacity (sectoral support for agriculture, industry, mining, financial services), and trade policy and regulations (trade policy, facilitation, negotiations, training). Control variables were sourced from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (GDP for Nigeria and partner countries), the CEPII GeoDist database (bilateral distance, contiguity, and common language), the FAO database (Nigeria's agricultural production value), and official WTO/ECOWAS records (membership status). All monetary variables were converted to natural logarithms for regression analysis. Interaction variables were created to test whether AfT effects differ across agricultural, manufacturing, and mineral sectors, as well as whether AfT works differently for trade with ECOWAS member countries versus non-ECOWAS countries.