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

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"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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jerven, Morten, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Series:Cornell studies in political economy.
Subjects:
Economic development > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Statistics.
National income > Africa, Southern > Accounting.
Economic indicators > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Economic Development
Africa South of the Sahara.
Développement économique > Afrique subsaharienne > Statistiques.
Comptabilité nationale > Afrique australe.
Indicateurs économiques > Afrique subsaharienne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Développement économique.
Croissance économique.
Revenu national.
Indicateurs économiques.
Statistiques économiques.
Statistique nationale.
Economic development
Economic history
Economic indicators
National income > Accounting
Statistical services
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Statistik
Wirtschaftsindikator
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Economic conditions > Statistics.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Statistical services.
Afrique subsaharienne > Conditions économiques > Statistiques.
Afrique subsaharienne > Services statistiques.
Afrique subsaharienne.
Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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