Poor numbers
Jerven, Morten, 1978-
Poor numbers how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / [electronic resource] : Morten Jerven. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xx, 187 p. : ill. - Cornell studies in political economy .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Economic development--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
National income--Accounting.--Africa, Southern
Economic indicators--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--Statistics.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistical services.
Electronic books.
HC800 / .J47 2013eb
338.967
Poor numbers how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / [electronic resource] : Morten Jerven. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xx, 187 p. : ill. - Cornell studies in political economy .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Economic development--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
National income--Accounting.--Africa, Southern
Economic indicators--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--Statistics.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistical services.
Electronic books.
HC800 / .J47 2013eb
338.967