Variable

Measure

Source

Rate of FDI growth

GDP/capita

IMF (1980, 1993, 1999, 2016), BEAC (2014) Zone franc (2018)

Political Regime

Freedom of Vote

Gastil (1990)

Property rights

Economic Freedom or financial transfer Freedom

Zone franc (2018)

BEAC (2018)

Trade Openness

Percentage of Exports plus Imports /GDP

International Trade Centre (1999) UNCTAD (2004, 2007, 2017, 2018)

Capital Openness

Financial regime

Zone franc (1999, 2018)

Economic Growth

Percentage of GDP growth rate

IMF and SFI (1999, 2015)

BEAC (2018)

Zone franc (2010, 2017)

Economic sector

Structure of GDP

BEAC (2015, 2017)

Zone franc (2010, 2018)

Inflation

Percentage of Inflation rate

IMF and SFI (1983, 2016)

Zone franc (2018)

BEAC (2010)

Energy Rents

Energy rents/capita

World Bank (2017) , Several years

Mineral Rents

Mines rents per capita

World Bank (Several years)