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Poor numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it
Abstract
Morten Jerven asks: What do we know about income and growth in sub-Saharan Africa? The answer is: much less than we like to think. The data are unreliable and potentially seriously misleading. The question is of great importance. Economic growth rates or per capita income estimates are commonly used in statements about development in Africa.
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- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2013-07-23
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 50-6877-50-6877
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
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- W1595698486
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- 484
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- book review
- Language
- en
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