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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2013Description: xx, 187 s. illISBN:
  • 978-0-8014-5163-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 978-0-8014-7860-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.967 23
Other classification:
  • Qad
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

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

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