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Unless otherwise stated, the African Debt Database website and dataset are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

What this means​

  • Attribution: You must credit the African Debt Database (ADD) and the research paper.
  • NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • ShareAlike: If you remix/transform/build upon it, you must distribute your contributions under the same license.

How to cite​

Manger, Mark S. and Mihalyi, David and Panizza, Ugo and Rescia, Niccolò and Trebesch, Christoph and Wong, Ka Lok (2025). Africa’s Domestic Debt Boom: Evidence from the African Debt Database. CEPR Discussion Paper N. 47536.

@techreport{ADD_2025_debt,
title = {Africa's Domestic Debt Boom: Evidence from the African Debt Database},
author = {Manger, Mark S. and Mihalyi, David and Panizza, Ugo and Rescia, Niccol\`o and Trebesch, Christoph and Wong, Ka Lok},
institution = {Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)},
type = {CEPR Discussion Paper},
series = {Discussion Paper},
number = {47536},
year = {2025},
month = {October},
doi = {pending},
url = {https://cepr.org/publications/discussion-papers/pending}
}

You may additionally reference the dataset version if relevant:
African Debt Database (ADD), version 2025Oct-a. https://africandebtdatabase.com