TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jerven,Morten
TI  - Poor numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it 
SN  - 9780801451638 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HC800 .J47 2013
U1  - 338.967 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Ithaca, London
PB  - Cornell University press
KW  - Economic development
KW  - National income
KW  - Economic indicators
KW  - Economic conditions - Statistics
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index
N2  - Poor Numbersis the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics. Morten Jerven's research shows how the statistical capacities of sub-Saharan African economies have fallen into disarray. The numbers substantially misstate the actual state of affairs. As a result, scarce resources are misapplied. Development policy does not deliver the benefits expected. Policymakers' attempts to improve the lot of the citizenry are frustrated. Donors have no accurate sense of the impact of the aid they supply
ER  -