Poor numbers how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / Morten Jerven.

Author/creator Jerven, Morten, 1978-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Description1 online resource (xx, 187 pages)
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Subjects
Economic development--Africa, Sub-Saharan. --Statistics.
National income--Africa, Southern. --Accounting.
Economic indicators--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions. --Statistics.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistical services.

Contents What do we know about income and growth in Africa? -- Measuring African wealth and progress -- Facts, assumptions and controversy : lessons from the datasets -- Data for development : a guide to African development statistics -- Conclusion : development by numbers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Poor numbers Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. 9780801451638 (cloth : alk. paper)
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LCCN 2021694377
ISBN9780801467608 ebook
ISBNcloth : alk. paper
ISBNpbk. : alk. paper

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