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Poor numbers : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it
Title:
Poor numbers : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it
Author:
Jerven, Morten, 1978- author.
ISBN:
9781775820659
Personal Author:
Jerven, Morten, 1978- author.
Publication Information:
Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
187 pages ; 23 cm
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 : using and improving African statistics -- Conclusion : development by numbers.
Subject Term:
Economic development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Statistics.

National income -- Africa, Southern -- Accounting.

Economic indicators -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Geographic Term:
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- Statistics.

Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Statistical services.
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