Poor numbers how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it /

Main Author: Jerven, Morten, 1978-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10652996
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300 |a xx, 187 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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