Africa Development Data Explorer (ADDaX)

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Overview

Africa Development Data Explorer (ADDaX) [1] provides access to reference data from 54 African economies. According to East View Information Service, data is collected from local and regional African sources as well as international sources.

Provider:

East View Information Services [2]

Posted:

Nov 8, 2017 3:27pm

Updated:

May 31, 2018 1:51pm

Source

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Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Financial data

Government records

Public opinion data

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Terms and Provider Details

Provider:

East View Information Services [2]

Website:

http://www.eastview.com/ [3]

Main Address:

10601 Wayzata Boulevard

Minneapolis, MN 55305

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

Africa Development Data Explorer (ADDaX) [1] provides access to reference data from 54 African economies. The data covers financial and economic information from these countries to be used for research. ADDaX aggregates data, translates where necessary, and compiles data in a standardized format to provide users with direct access. ADDaX is powered by the African Financial & Economic Data’s (AFED) Database, which serves the coporate market.

According to East View, data is collected from local and regional African sources as well as international sources. Sources include:

International, intergovernmental, multilateral and supranational
African regional and state banks, statistical offices, and information agencies
Trade organizations, government departments, agencies & NGOs
African central bank, African Country Ministries of Finance, and National Office of Statistics

This database is a data source only, and it does not include any accompanying reports or other material that may have been published along with the tabular data. To view the source list, click here [4].

The database includes country profiles with over 50,000 indicators, 2.5 million records, and covering 54 African countries. Data covers a variety of sectors, including: education, trade, banking, and physical infrastructure, industries, urbanization, and quality of life. The country data is available from as far back as records allow, some indicators date back to the 1940's.

All data is updated daily and available under 3 packages:

1. Data Hub

The Data Hub allows users to query each of the available seven datasets individually, produce time series analysis, extract customised reports and commingle datasets. The data is reported as published by the source and categorized into 13 main groups to enable quick and easy access to specific data points:

National Accounts
Government Finance
Money & Banking
Inflation, Prices & Wages
Balance of Payments & Trade
Total Debt: Domestic & External
Business & Industry
Resources & Energy
Employment, Income & Poverty
Politics, Government & Society
Population & Health
Education
Geography & Environment

2. Country Profile

The Country Profile series provides in-depth coverage of economic data for each of the 54 African countries. Country profiles include conventional indicators such as GDP Growth and Domestic and External Debt; but also draws on country-specific economic data indicators in 13 categories:

National Accounts
Government Finance
Money and Banking
Inflation, Prices and Wages
Balance of Payments and Trade
Total Debt: Domestic and External
Politics, Government & Society
Business & Industry
Resources & Energy
Employment, Income & Poverty
Population & Health
Education
Geography & Environment

Country Profiles emphasize local sources of data, with information going back to 2000. Depending on the source, data availability may vary. ADDaX focuses on Monthly, Quarterly and Annual updates.

3. Sector Focus

The Sector Focus package provides access to economic and financial indicators for specific sectors of interest. ADDaX currently covers 15 sectors:

Agriculture, Fishing & Farming
Automotive & Transportation
Education
Employment, Income & Poverty
Energy
Environment & Infrastructure
Financial Sector
Governance, Politics and Violence
Health & Pharmaceuticals
Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale
Population
Real Estate, Building & Construction
Trade
Travel & Tourism

The number of indicators varies from one sector to another and from country to country. ADDaX focuses on local sources and complements the data with international sources to ensure data quality.

Content Comparison

CRL conducted a comparative analysis of the ADDaX holdings against those of open source repositories including: Worldbank's open data, International Monetary Fund data, and the UK Data Service. CRL found no significant overlaps in the data held in these repositories and the ADDaX content. ADDaX provides access to a significant number of documents sourced from private and goverment financial institutions of African countries published between 1995 and 2017 that are not openly available in other reliable online resources.

Delivery:

The data in ADDaX can be accessed via the three search features mentioned above: Country Profile, Sector Focus, and Data Hub. The online platform also provides two dashboards for browsing data, the Social Dashboard and the Economic Dashboard. The Social Dashboard has six major browsing sections: Top 10 Economic & Financial Indicators, Migration, Water, Politics & Governance, School Participation, and Mortality. The Economic Dashboard features the lastest database updates, the top 10 indicators, the latest exchange rates, and the economic calendar.

The ADDaX data is available through: the online platform, FTP feeds, API, Excel, and email alerts (users can receive email notifications when new data becomes available). Data can be downloaded into CSV or Excel files.

ADDaX provides user guides for each of the major features of the site (Country Profile, Sector Focus, and Data Hub). The Data Hub guides are further broken into each major dataset (Economic Data, Exchange Rates, etc.).

Terms:

This database is available via annual subscription.

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	yes	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	yes	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	no	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

Appendix

Title List:

ADDaX _Source list_ October2017.xlsx [4]

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