Poor numbers : how we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it /
Jerven, Morten,
Poor numbers : how we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it / Morten Jerven. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xx, 187 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780801478604 (pbk.)
Economic development--Statistics.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
National income--Accounting.--Africa, Southern
Economic indicators--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
338.967 / JER/P
Poor numbers : how we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it / Morten Jerven. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xx, 187 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780801478604 (pbk.)
Economic development--Statistics.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
National income--Accounting.--Africa, Southern
Economic indicators--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
338.967 / JER/P