# Ethiopia Financial Inclusion Forecasting Challenge
## Overview
This project is part of the Ethiopia Financial Inclusion Forecasting Challenge.
The objective is to explore, enrich, and analyze a unified financial inclusion dataset covering Ethiopia. The dataset combines observations, policy events, targets, and impact relationships into one standardized schema to support forecasting and policy analysis.
---
## Objectives
- Explore the unified financial inclusion dataset
- Understand the unified schema
- Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA)
- Enrich the dataset with additional observations and events
- Document enrichment sources and confidence levels
- Prepare the dataset for future forecasting models
---
## Project Structure
```
ethiopia-fi-forecast/
│
├── data/
│ ├── raw/
│ │ ├── ethiopia_fi_unified_data.csv
│ │ └── reference_codes.csv
│ │
│ └── processed/
│ └── enriched_dataset.csv
│
├── notebooks/
│ └── task1_task2.ipynb
│
├── reports/
│ ├── data_enrichment_log.md
│ └── figures/
│
├── src/
│ ├── data_loader.py
│ ├── enrichment.py
│ ├── eda.py
│ └── visualization.py
│
├── requirements.txt
├── .gitignore
└── README.md
```
---
## Dataset
### Main Dataset
- ethiopia_fi_unified_data.csv
Contains
- observations
- events
- targets
- impact links
under one unified schema.
### Reference Dataset
reference_codes.csv
Contains definitions for
- record types
- categories
- pillars
- confidence levels
- value types
- relationship types
- source types
---
## Unified Schema
The dataset follows a unified design.
### Observation
Represents measured values collected from surveys, regulators, operators or research.
### Event
Represents policy changes, launches, regulations and milestones.
### Target
Represents official goals.
### Impact Link
Connects events to indicators through parent_id and explains
- relationship
- expected direction
- impact magnitude
- evidence basis
---
## Data Sources
Examples include …