Poor Numbers - How We Are Misled By African Development Statistics What to Do About

Morten Jerven is Assistant Professor in the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University.

List of contents

Introduction1. What Do We Know about Income and Growth in Africa?2. Measuring African Wealth and Progress3. Facts, Assumptions, and Controversy: Lessons from the Datasets4. Data for Development: Using and Improving African StatisticsConclusion: Development by NumbersAppendix A. A Comparison of GDP Estimates from the World Development Indicators Database and Country EstimatesAppendix B. Details of Interviews and QuestionnairesNotes

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Index

About the author

Morten Jerven is Assistant Professor in the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University.

Summary

Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics.

Product details

• Authors: Morten Jerven, Jerven Morten
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2013
• EAN: 9780801478604
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7860-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy; Cornell Studies in Political Economy; Cornell Studies in Political E
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics