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AAP#4: Economic Statistics in Africa with Morten Jerven

By Peter Dörrie
November 13, 2015
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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 it matters.

Is Rwanda not the success story that Statistics make it out to be? It wouldn't be alone on the continent. Photo by Gwendolyn Stansbury/IFPRI

Is Rwanda not the success story that Statistics make it out to be? It wouldn’t be alone on the continent. Photo by Gwendolyn Stansbury/IFPRI

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  • Recommendations:
    • Infographics on the MTN fine
    • Coverage of the MTN fine by IOL.co.za
    • New Frontiers in African Economic History Workshop
    • African Economic History Network
      • Free Textbook on the History of African Development
    • Beasts of no Nation on Netflix
  • Economic Statistics in Africa
    • “Rwanda accused of manipulating poverty statistics” by F24
    • Filip Reyntjens’ article on the issue on African Arguments
    • “Africa’s middle class is dramatically smaller than we think” by Quartz
    • Transcript of Thomas Picketty’s Mandela Annual Lecture 2015
    • Ease of Doing Business Rankings
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    • African Studies Association Annual Meeting
    • United Nations Security Council Resolution on Burundi
    • Chatham House Event: The Pace of Change in Ethiopia: Present Day and Prospects Ahead

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  1. Bal 23 November, 2015 at 20:30

    I find, that we Africans put up with too much Western interference, like this article. What is it to this man if Rwanda speaks its own mind and counts it’s poor people differently than the Western obsessive compulsive category?
    I think we should have less poor people and why do they want there to be MORE people of poorness and poverty-ishness. Why?

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