AFDB

Provider

• provider_name: AFDB
• provider_longname: African Development Group
• provider URL: https://www.afdb.org/en/
• region: Africa
• terms of use: https://www.afdb.org/en/terms-and-conditions/
• approximate number of datasets: 1

Data accessibility

• SDMX: (If yes, links and SDMX releases implemented: NO
• REST API: NO
• **Bulk Download: YES, CSV
• Account: Yes

Desired datasets

• Description: AFDB Socio Economic Database, 1960-2019

Data tree

• Existence of a hierachy of datasets on web site:
• How to recover the information: (filename or SDMX resource)

Datasets

• datasetCode: bbkawjf (from Dataset.csv)
• URL: http://th.knoema.com/production/DatasetImage/AFDB%20Socio%20Economic%20Database,%201960-2019-ggotmbd.zip
• Dataset name: AFDB Socio Economic Database, 1960-2019
• how to get release date: in Dataset.csv
• dataset docHref: no
• dataset notes: no
• dimension_list: Country: Country name, Indicator: IndicatorName, Units: Units, Scale: Scale, Frequency "Order","Name","Parent","Code","Indicator_Id","Source_Note","Derivation_Rule","IsDerived","Weights_Indicator","Aggregation_Rule","Unit" (Indicator.csv)
• use of attributes: no
• attribute_list: NA
• available frequencies: A
• availability of previous updates: Yes, 1960-2016
• existence of real time datasets: no

Series

• Series key: Indicator code + Country code
• Series name: Indicator name - Country name
• Series docHref: no
• Series notes: use concatenate "Source_Note","Derivation_Rule","IsDerived","Weights_Indicator","Aggregation_Rule", from Indicator.csv
• missing values: xxxE+17 (??)
• date format: yyyy-01-01 (use only year)
• mixed frequencies in the same dataset: no

Updates

• calendar of future updates: yes: see Dataset.csv
• summary of previous updates: no
• regular updates: yyyy-02-05 (??)
• RSS flow: https://www.afdb.org/en/rss-feeds/
• best way to monitor updates: use regular updates