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Poor Numbers : How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cornell Studies in Political Economy SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801467615
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poor NumbersDDC classification:
  • 338.967
LOC classification:
  • HC800
Online resources:
Contents:
Poor Numbers -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Do We Know about Income and Growth in Africa? -- 2. Measuring African Wealth and Progress -- 3. Facts, Assumptions, and Controversy: Lessons from the Datasets -- 4. Data for Development: Using and Improving African Statistics -- Conclusion: Development by Numbers -- Appendix A. A Comparison of GDP Estimates from the World Development Indicators Database and Country Estimates -- Appendix B. Details of Interviews and Questionnaires -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics.
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Poor Numbers -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Do We Know about Income and Growth in Africa? -- 2. Measuring African Wealth and Progress -- 3. Facts, Assumptions, and Controversy: Lessons from the Datasets -- 4. Data for Development: Using and Improving African Statistics -- Conclusion: Development by Numbers -- Appendix A. A Comparison of GDP Estimates from the World Development Indicators Database and Country Estimates -- Appendix B. Details of Interviews and Questionnaires -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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