AfCFTA and FDI in West Africa: Panel Dataset 2015-2024

This dataset supports the study "The African Continental Free Trade Area and Foreign Direct Investment in West Africa: A Panel Data Analysis."CONTENTS: Panel data for 25 African countries over 2015-2024 (250 observations):- Treatment group: 15 ECOWAS member states- Control group: 10 Central African countriesVARIABLES:- country: Country name- year: Year (2015-2024)- fdi_inflows: FDI net inflows (% of GDP)- gdp_growth: GDP growth rate (%)- inflation: Inflation rate (%)- debt: Government debt (% of GDP)- inst_quality: Institutional quality index (WGI average)- population: Total population- gdp_per_capita: GDP per capita (current USD)- ecowas: Treatment group indicator (1=ECOWAS, 0=Control)- post: Post-AfCFTA period indicator (1=2021-2024, 0=2015-2020)- did: Difference-in-differences interaction termDATA SOURCES:- World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)- World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)- IMF World Economic OutlookMETHODOLOGY:Difference-in-differences analysis with panel fixed effects and clustered standard errors.