LEADER 04218nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910452775203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6760-8 010 $a1-322-50362-1 010 $a0-8014-6761-6 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801467615 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038631 035 $a(OCoLC)827455689 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10652996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820249 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11436106 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820249 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10862847 035 $a(PQKB)10055513 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138431 035 $a(OCoLC)1097155137 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58441 035 $a(DE-B1597)515850 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801467615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138431 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10652996 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681644 035 $a(OCoLC)922998368 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038631 100 $a20121107d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoor numbers$b[electronic resource] $ehow we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it /$fMorten Jerven 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 0 $aCornell Studies in Political Economy 225 0$aCornell studies in political economy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-5163-9 311 $a0-8014-7860-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $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. 330 $aOne of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and international financial institutions such as the World Bank allocate their development resources on the basis of such data. The paucity of accurate statistics is not merely a technical problem; it has a massive impact on the welfare of citizens in developing countries.Where do these statistics originate? How accurate are they? Poor Numbers is 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. Jerven's findings from sub-Saharan Africa have far-reaching implications for aid and development policy. As Jerven notes, the current catchphrase in the development community is "evidence-based policy," and scholars are applying increasingly sophisticated econometric methods-but no statistical techniques can substitute for partial and unreliable data. 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$vStatistics 606 $aNational income$zAfrica, Southern$xAccounting 606 $aEconomic indicators$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEconomic conditions$vStatistics 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xStatistical services 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aNational income$xAccounting. 615 0$aEconomic indicators 676 $a338.967 700 $aJerven$b Morten$f1978-$0988078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452775203321 996 $aPoor numbers$92455849 997 $aUNINA