GTAP Data Bases: GTAP Africa 3 Data Base

What is the GTAP Africa 3 Data Base
The following virtual seminar introduces the GTAP Africa 3 Data Base: GTAP-UNECA Virtual Seminar Series, Vol 5, No 2 (2024)

African policymakers are increasingly seeking quantitative assessments of trade agreements, such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and a potential African Continental Customs Union (ACCU), as well as evaluations of the effects of external shocks, including changes in international food and fuel prices. However, these efforts have long been constrained by limited data availability. International databases, including GTAP, often provide limited coverage of individual African countries.

In this version, the Center for Global Trade Analysis has been collaborating with experts from African National Statistical Offices supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

The GTAP Africa 3 Data Base includes data for 51 regions (43 African regions plus 8 other aggregated regions) and the 65 sectors of the GTAP 11 Data Base, for the year 2017. New and updated I-O tables have been contributed by experts from African National Statistical Offices supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

The GTAP Africa 3 Data Base is packaged with the GTAPAgg aggregation software which is freely available.

Documentation
Documentation for this version is the same as that of the GTAP 11 Data Base. Please use the following when citing the GTAP 11 Data Base:

Aguiar, A., Chepeliev, M., Corong, E. & van der Mensbrugghe, D. (2022). The GTAP Data Base: Version 11. Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 7(2), 1-37. Retrieved from https://www.jgea.org/ojs/index.php/jgea/article/view/181

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African Countries and Regions		Non-African Regions
Algeria Egypt Morocco Tunisia Rest of North Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Guinea Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Togo Rest of Western Africa Central African Republic Chad Congo D.R. of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Rest of South and Central Africa	Comoros Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Rest of Eastern Africa Botswana Eswatini Namibia South Africa Rest of Southern African Customs Union	Oceania East Asia Southeast Asia North America Latin America Western Europe Middle East Rest of the World