Click here to read PART ONE of the blog series on creating the Regional Economic Communities dataset Packages we will need: There are eight RECs in Africa. Some countries are only in one of the RECs, some are in many. Kenya is the winner with membership in four RECs: CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC and IGAD. In this blog, we … Continue reading How to create a Regional Economic Communities dataset. PART TWO: consolidating string variables to dummy variables