Table 2 Summary statistics of variables.
From: Institutional quality, foreign direct investment, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
Variable | Full sample | East Africa | Central Africa | Southern Africa | West Africa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Human development | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 0.11 | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.07 | 0.44 | 0.07 |
Foreign direct investment | 34.00 | 20.00 | 89.00 | 34.00 | 4.80 | 9.41 | 3.89 | 2.89 | 17.00 | 73.00 |
Domestic investment | 20.00 | 15.00 | 18.27 | 12.42 | 10.00 | 33.00 | 22.92 | 6.72 | 25.64 | 19.57 |
Infrastructure | 34.30 | 24.72 | 26.94 | 27.35 | 40.41 | 26.08 | 45.63 | 21.00 | 33.56 | 20.59 |
Political stability and absence of violence | −0.44 | 0.83 | −0.53 | 0.79 | −0.71 | 0.76 | 0.35 | 0.52 | −0.49 | 0.82 |
Government effectiveness | −0.71 | 0.59 | −0.61 | 0.57 | −1.18 | 0.33 | −0.05 | 0.57 | −0.79 | 0.47 |
Accountability | −0.53 | 0.69 | −0.52 | 0.62 | −1.20 | 0.32 | −0.01 | 0.76 | −0.40 | 0.62 |
