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AAP#4: Economic Statistics in Africa with Morten Jerven
We talk with Morten Jerven, author of “Poor Numbers” and “Africa: Why Economists get it Wrong” about the quality of economic statistics in Africa and why ... -
Misunderstanding Growth in Africa: how economists get it wrong – By Morten Jerven
For the past two decades, mainstream economists who study African economic growth have been trying to explain something that never happened. Economists have focused almost exclusively ... -
Big Questions for Big Data and what it can do for African Economic Development – By Morten Jerven
Is your public health information system broken? Not to worry, Google Flu Trends has got it covered. Is your autocrat overstating economic growth? Fear not, true ... -
Does economics have “an Africa problem?” – By Morten Jerven
Does Economics have an Africa problem? Yes, says Griewe Chelwa in a post for the blog Africa is a Country. Earlier this year, the Economist deservedly ... -
The IMF and Ebola: why we don’t have any good answers – By Morten Jerven
The debate on whether the IMF should shoulder any blame for the Ebola outbreak has been frustrating, even infuriating. And I predict that it is going ... -
Why saying “˜seven out of ten fastest growing economies are in Africa’ carries no real meaning – By Morten Jerven
Before, during and after the US Africa summit one of the most frequently repeated factoids supporting the Africa Rising meme was that “˜seven out of ten ... -
What does Nigeria’s new GDP number actually mean? – By Morten Jerven
So it’s official. The long overdue and widely anticipated GDP revision in Nigeria has arrived. And it was certainly worth the wait. It is bigger and ... -
Have Morten Jerven and Pali Lehohla made up over “˜Poor Numbers’? – By Magnus Taylor
Last year African Arguments broke a story that the economist Morten Jerven was being prevented from speaking at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) ... -
Poor Numbers: The Politics of Improving GDP Statistics in Africa – By Morten Jerven
Last week African Arguments published a story that Prof Morten Jerven, author of “˜Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to ... -
Why We Need to Invest in African Development Statistics: From a Diagnosis of Africa’s Statistical Tragedy Towards a Statistical Renaissance – By Morten Jerven
Address to be delivered at “Inauguration Meeting of the Continental Steering Committee (CSC) for the African Project on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA”[1] There is ...