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Poor numbers : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / Morten Jerven.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Description: xx, 187 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801451638 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780801478604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Economic development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Statistics
- National income -- Africa, Southern -- Accounting
- Economic indicators -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Desarrollo económico -- Subsahariana (Africa) -- Estadística
- Renta nacional -- África del Sur -- Contabilidad
- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- Statistics
- Subsahariana (Africa) -- Condiciones económicas -- Estadística
- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Statistical services
- 338.967
- 500 HC 800 J57p 2013
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.
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.
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