Useful sources about Africa

South African Reserve Bank data on the country's gross external debt in the second quarter of 2018.

A summary report containing the latest estimates for jobs created in the Nigerian economy for the second and third quarters of 2016, published by the National Bureau of Statistics.

Data on unemployment and underemployment in Nigeria as per the Labour Force Statistics report published in December 2017.

Report by the Central Bank of Nigeria highlighting the impact of private sector credit on economic growth in the country.

Data on Nigerian-US trade including total goods and services traded, imports and exports, published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Data up to 2016.

A 2017 review of trade policy in Nigeria, updated since the last policy review in 2011. It highlights the changes in Nigeria's economic and trade policy landscape.

Informality and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa forms part of a research paper series from the University of Cape Town's Development Policy Research Unit. It undertakes a regional evidence synthesis examining literature and case studies from the sub-Saharan Africa region on income, inequality and inclusive growth.

The World Bank's World Integrated Trade Solution publishes economic data on exports, imports, products, tariffs, GDP and other development indicators in sub-Saharan Africa.