Poor Numbers : How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It /
"One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to...
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.