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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca, USA Cornell University Press 2013Description: xx, 187 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801451638 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801478604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.967 23
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
Item type: Book
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SRD Statistics and Demography SDP 4/3 338.967 JER 2013 Available 45989

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