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Jerven, Morten, 1978-

Poor numbers : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / Morten Jerven. - Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xx, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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.

ISBN: 9780801451638 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801451639 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801478604 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080147860X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Standard No.: 40022068916

LCCN: 2012045248

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economic development--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
National income--Accounting.--Africa, Southern
Economic indicators--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--Statistics.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistical services.

LC Class. No.: HC800 / J47 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 338.967