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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Auteur principal: Jerven, Morten, 1978- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Wirtschaftsindikator
Statistik
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Statistical services.
National income > Accounting.
Economic indicators.
Economic history.
Economic development.
Statistique nationale.
Statistiques economiques.
Indicateurs economiques.
Revenu national.
Croissance economique.
Developpement economique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
Indicateurs economiques > Afrique subsaharienne.
Comptabilite nationale > Afrique australe.
Developpement economique > Afrique subsaharienne > Statistiques.
Africa South of the Sahara.
Economic Development
Economic indicators > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
National income > Africa, Southern > Accounting.
Economic development > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Statistics.
Subsaharisches Afrika
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Southern Africa.
Afrique subsaharienne.
Afrique subsaharienne > Services statistiques.
Afrique subsaharienne > Conditions economiques > Statistiques.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Statistical services.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Economic conditions > Statistics.
Statistiques.
Statistics.
Statistics
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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