Luciano Cohan

This dataset includes yearly information about the balance of payments of different countries published by World Bank. The balance of payments tracks an economy's transactions with other countries, consisting of the current account (goods, services, income, and transfers) and the capital and financial account (capital transfers, non-produced assets, and financial transactions). The data is avaiable in current USD and as a percentage of GDP.

External Sector - Global - World Bank - Balance of Payments

The World Bank is a global development organization that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for the pursuit of economic development and poverty reduction. It is one of the five institutions that make up the World Bank Group, along with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

World Bank (WB)

Alphacast

This dataset includes yearly information of Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR), using data from the IMF’s Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions.. MATR is an empirical measure of how restrictive official government policy is towards the international flow of goods and services. MATR is based on the IMF’s AREAER binary variables related to (i) exchange measures; (ii) arrangements for payments and receipts; (iii) imports and imports payments; (iv) exports and exports proceeds, and (v) payment and proceeds from invisible transfers and current transfers. This simplest version of MATR is the unweighted sum of up to 22 possible variables. Each subindicator is scored as 1 if a restriction is present in a particular country for a particular year, and 0 otherwise.

External Sector - Global - Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR)

MATR is an empirical measure of how restrictive official government policy is towards the international flow of goods and services. MATR is simple, ad hoc, plausible, quantitative, easily updated, based solely on policy-relevant measures of trade policy, and covers an unbalanced sample of about 157 countries annually between 1949 and 2020. MATR is also strongly correlated with existing measures of openness and trade policy but more comprehensive than existing measures. We use MATR to show that trade restrictions are harmful for the economy and lead to significant contractions in output.

Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR)

This dataset includes yearly imports and exports of international trade by product category for multiple countries, published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Data is in USD.

External Sector - Global - UNCTAD - International Trade By Product

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a body of the United Nations that focuses on issues related to trade, investment, and development. UNCTAD's main goals are to maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries, assist them in their efforts to integrate into the global economy, and promote and achieve sustainable economic development.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

This dataset includes quarterly information of portfolio investment activity within the financial account of the balance of payments. The data is measured in USD millions and covers multiple countries. The data is sourced from the IFS (International Financial Statistics) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

External Sector - Global - IMF - Portfolio investment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was created to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange rate stability, and orderly exchange arrangements, and to provide resources to help countries to address balance of payments difficulties. The IMF provides policy advice, financial assistance, and technical assistance to its member countries.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

This dataset includes yearly information about personal remittances of different countries published by World Bank. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. The data is avaiable in current USD and as a percentage of GDP.

External Sector - Global - World Bank - Personal Remittances

The WTO "Trade in value-added and global value chains" country profiles give an overview of the key indicators that can be derived from trade in value-added statistics. TiVA indicators are available for the time period 1995-2020. They cover goods and services for a set of 76 economies and a wide number of industries. The estimation of trade in value added terms shows the decomposition of gross exports into their domestic and foreign value-added contents.

External Sector - Global - OECD - Trade in Value Added (TiVA) - Value added content of exports by economic activity

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organization with 36 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems.

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External Sector - Global - World Bank - Balance of Payments
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World Bank (WB)

External Sector - Global - Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR)
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Alphacast /
Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR)

External Sector - Global - UNCTAD - International Trade By Product
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Alphacast /
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

External Sector - Global - IMF - Portfolio investment
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Alphacast /
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

External Sector - Global - World Bank - Personal Remittances
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Alphacast /
World Bank (WB)

External Sector - Global - OECD - Trade in Value Added (TiVA) - Value added content of exports by economic activity
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)