LEADER 03710nam 2200685 450 001 9910815514803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78360-135-3 010 $a1-78360-134-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000431244 035 $a(EBL)2068338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001550409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16166005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001550409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14810835 035 $a(PQKB)10052276 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2068338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2068338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11065813 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL798031 035 $a(OCoLC)910935343 035 $a(PPN)200423827 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000431244 100 $a20150624h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrica $ewhy economists get it wrong /$fMorten Jerven 210 1$aLondon, [England] :$cZed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (172 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican Arguments 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78360-132-9 311 $a1-78360-133-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover ; African Arguments; About the Author ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Tables and Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; From Explaining Slow Growth to Explaining Low Income ; How Economists Have Misunderstood Growth in Africa ; 1: Misunderstanding Economic Growth in Africa; Correlation Is Not Causation ; Garbage In, Garbage Out; The African Dummy Variable ; Misrepresenting the African Economic Growth Record ; The Subtraction Approach ; Aid Dependency ; Deficient Public Services ; Bad Policies ; Bad Governance ; A Leap of Faith ; 2: Trapped in History? 327 $aThe Historical Evidence of Growth Explaining Variation in Income 'Today'; Root Causes of African Underdevelopment ; Initial Conditions: Bad Geography and Wrong Technology ; Ethnicity ; Settlers and Institutions ; 'Causal History' or 'Compression of History'?; Ceteris Paribus: History Matters ; 3: African Growth Recurring; The Political Economy of Episodic Growth in Africa ; The Importance of Economic Growth ; From Slavery to Cash Crops: Growth in Precolonial and Colonial Africa ; Growth in Africa Since 1950 ; Prospects for Growth ; World Markets ; Political Conditions 327 $aThe Factors of Production Poverty, Inequality and Economic Growth: Some Precautions ; 4: Africa's Statistical Tragedy?; Benchmark Years ; How Much Do We Know About Income and Growth in Africa? ; Correlates of Growth ; Interpreting the Growth Evidence ; The Politics of African Economic Statistics ; Conclusion ; How We are Misled by Mainstream Economics ; Learning from History ; Getting African Economies Right ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Back Cover 330 $aAn accessible, eye-opening account that fundamentally challenges mainstream accounts of economic growth in Africa 410 0$aAfrican arguments. 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica 606 $aEconomics$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aEconomics 676 $a330.96 700 $aJerven$b Morten$f1978-$01660767 712 02$aWorld Peace Foundation. 712 02$aInternational African Institute. 712 02$aRoyal African Society. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815514803321 996 $aAfrica$94112753 997 $aUNINA