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Assessing net flows for developing countries
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1.2 Projected debt outflows from developing countries #7

Closed jm-rivera closed 3 months ago

jm-rivera commented 4 months ago

A chart which shows the trends in debt service repayments, but which makes a point highlighting how the problem will only get worse in the coming years.

This chart is a good example of what the data shows. The focus would be on 'all developing countries', though we could enable some exploration (of 'africa' for example), via a dropdown.

The goal of the chart(s) is to show the trend and how it is getting worse.

A key part of this story is the role of China. We may need two separate charts:

lpicci96 commented 3 months ago

explore slope charts, faceted or not faceted or scrolly. Advantage of slope is more easily isolate changes in individual categories. But potentially problematic for different scales/magnitudes eg "total"

jm-rivera commented 3 months ago

Two options for this.

Option 1: a classic time series as a stacked column broken down by type.

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Option 2: bars showing average yearly repayments over different periods of time, highlighting how they have increased quite dramatically. We could also just compare 2010-2014 to 2023-25, for example, to further emphasise the massive jump in repayments in the last decade or so.

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I will tackle the China portion once we decide on approach. @lpicci96 , @Mattie-P, @sharcourt14 thoughts? a preference?

jm-rivera commented 3 months ago

This would work much better on the page (and have actual transition text, etc). But here's an idea for how to show the china portion. Thoughts @Mattie-P @lpicci96 ?

https://public.flourish.studio/story/2328827/

lpicci96 commented 3 months ago

It's a nice clean chart. But honestly I think the scrolly is unnecessary. It could just be a single chart with annotations/headings. Since we usually see disengagement from scrollies I don't see them adding much value in this page

jm-rivera commented 3 months ago

Thanks Luca! I think we should see on the page. It's a way to highlight China without overcrowding the main point of the first chart (which is the massive jump in repayments). And we should keep a close eye on stats for a single transition scrolly. It may be that because it's a quick single transition we don't see people dropping off.