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008 121107s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2012045248
020 _a9780801451638 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9780801478604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 _aMMU
_bENG
_cMMU
_dMMU
042 _apcc
043 _afb-----
050 0 0 _aHC800
_b.J47 2013
082 0 0 _a338.967
_223
100 1 _aJerven, Morten,
_d1978-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPoor numbers :
_bhow we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it /
_cMorten Jerven.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axx, 187 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.
505 0 _aWhat 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.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_zAfrica, Sub-Saharan
_xStatistics.
650 0 _aNational income
_zAfrica, Southern
_xAccounting.
650 0 _aEconomic indicators
_zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
651 0 _aAfrica, Sub-Saharan
_xEconomic conditions
_xStatistics.
651 0 _aAfrica, Sub-Saharan
_xStatistical services.
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=39084
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_cLOAN LOAN
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