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Table 9 Summary Statistics

From: The comparative African regional economics of globalization in financial allocation efficiency: the pre-crisis era revisited

 

Mean

S.D

Min.

Max

Obs.

Mean

S.D

Min.

Max

Obs.

 

UEMOA

CEMAC

Banking System Efficiency

1.248

0.604

0.338

3.698

145

0.806

0.298

0.188

1.601

57

Financial System Efficiency

117.52

48.413

41.300

234.39

125

79.493

27.865

22.20

160.70

53

Imports

33.055

6.929

17.836

51.780

138

35.685

15.507

14.639

74.219

56

Exports

24.823

9.984

13.319

52.650

138

49.452

22.803

16.179

86.884

56

Trade Globalisation

59.015

13.678

32.781

95.007

142

86.026

36.722

31.745

156.861

57

Foreign Investment

1.018

1.421

−2.496

7.246

136

2.609

7.225

−8.629

34.507

47

Private Capital Flows

0.975

1.545

−2.517

8.849

135

2.665

7.065

−8.918

34.488

47

Financial Globalisation

−0.001

1.380

−2.929

6.701

135

0.000

1.412

−2.259

6.306

47

Globalisation

0.062

1.009

−1.973

4.032

135

−0.014

1.175

−1.285

3.762

47

Economic Growth

2.583

4.264

−16.825

12.100

145

2.203

3.549

−8.932

7.700

57

Inflation

4.571

7.486

−7.796

38.530

130

4.121

9.144

−11.686

42.439

55

Public Investment

6.758

3.093

1.853

20.358

123

4.733

2.902

0.759

13.716

57

Foreign Aid

11.361

5.645

0.557

28.823

145

4.449

4.591

−0.174

23.418

57

 

COMESA

EAC

Banking System Efficiency

0.711

0.283

0.275

1.876

287

0.588

0.185

0.206

1.075

57

Financial System Efficiency

76.392

33.572

30.532

200.079

276

62.121

18.783

22.767

111.830

57

Imports

37.540

21.921

7.066

114.046

288

29.340

6.486

19.098

47.707

55

Exports

27.569

21.778

3.335

104.213

288

18.508

7.441

7.062

38.903

55

Trade Globalisation

64.424

42.170

11.087

202.849

290

48.225

13.260

26.609

72.858

57

Foreign Investment

1.429

2.222

−4.302

9.708

260

2.016

1.827

0.000

6.470

55

Private Capital Flows

1.415

2.271

−4.322

9.611

264

1.971

1.893

−0.253

6.688

55

Financial Globalisation

0.006

1.410

−3.610

5.186

260

0.000

1.413

−1.539

3.484

55

Globalisation

0.012

1.134

−1.498

4.366

260

−0.024

1.113

−1.903

2.876

55

Economic Growth

3.790

5.780

−50.248

35.224

286

4.974

2.732

−0.799

11.523

57

Inflation

21.859

32.028

−2.405

200.026

280

13.023

10.753

−0.287

45.978

57

Public Investment

6.999

3.410

0.000

17.451

268

5.559

1.851

2.492

10.452

57

Foreign Aid

12.015

10.534

−0.251

94.442

290

12.294

6.280

2.407

28.992

57

  1. UEMOA: West African Economic and Monetary Union. CEMAC: Central African Economic and Monetary Community. COMESA: Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa. EAC: East African Community. S.D: Standard Deviation. Min: Minimum. Max: Maximum. Obs: Observations