Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Franses, Ph.H.B.F. Author-Name-Last: Franses Author-Name-First: Philip Hans Author-Person: pfr226 Author-Name: S. Vasilev (Simeon) Title: Real GDP growth in Africa, 1963-2016 Abstract: This paper provides a balanced panel data set for real GDP growth in Africa. For 18 of the 52 countries there are missing data. We use a model-based imputation technique based on World Bank data to fill in the gaps. Length: 29 Creation-Date: 2019-01-01 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/116541/EI2019-23-Report.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureir Number: EI2019-23 Classification-JEL: E0, N1 Keywords: Balanced panel data, Africa, real GDP growth, Missing data, Imputation, Principal components regression Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:116541