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.