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Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven
| Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.96 |
| Collana | African Arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Economics - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78360-135-3
1-78360-134-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front 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?
The 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 The 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461014203321 |
Jerven Morten <1978->
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| London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven
| Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.96 |
| Collana | African Arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Economics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-78360-135-3
1-78360-134-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front 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?
The 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 The 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797242903321 |
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Jerven Morten <1978->
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| London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven
| Africa : why economists get it wrong / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.96 |
| Collana | African Arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Economics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-78360-135-3
1-78360-134-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front 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?
The 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 The 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815514803321 |
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Jerven Morten <1978->
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| London, [England] : , : Zed Books in association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poor numbers [[electronic resource] ] : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / / Morten Jerven
| Poor numbers [[electronic resource] ] : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.967 |
| Collana |
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Cornell studies in political economy |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa, Sub-Saharan
National income - Africa, Southern - Accounting Economic indicators - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6760-8
1-322-50362-1 0-8014-6761-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452775203321 |
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Jerven Morten <1978->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poor numbers [[electronic resource] ] : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / / Morten Jerven
| Poor numbers [[electronic resource] ] : how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it / / Morten Jerven |
| Autore | Jerven Morten <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.967 |
| Collana |
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Cornell studies in political economy |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa, Sub-Saharan
National income - Africa, Southern - Accounting Economic indicators - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6760-8
1-322-50362-1 0-8014-6761-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779668703321 |
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Jerven Morten <1978->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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