Search Results for: morten jerven
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Poor Numbers: why is Morten Jerven being prevented from presenting his research at UNECA? – By Magnus Taylor
Morten Jerven, author of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It alleges that he has been prevented ... -
Poor Numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it – By Morten Jerven
On November 5, 2010, Ghana Statistical Services announced that it was revising its GDP estimates upwards by over 60 percent, suggesting that that in the previous ... -
Africa: why we need to study economies, not economics
Economists now recognise history and politics matter in understanding African economies. But that should be our starting point, not our conclusion. In the 1990s and 2000s, ... -
AAP #0: The African Arguments Podcast, with James Wan
This is the teaser episode for the upcoming African Arguments Podcast, a fortnightly podcast that will bring you interviews and discussions with some of the leading figures, ... -
Liberating African Economic History from the Tyranny of Econometrics – By Alex de Waal
Morten Jerven, Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong, London, Zed, 2015 There is a longstanding joke about Sudanese statistics: 87.7% of official figures are made up ... -
Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
About the Author Morten Jerven teaches at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of Poor Numbers: ... -
Five points for understanding Africa’s GDP revisions – By Matt Mossman
Tanzania was expected to announced new economic growth figures Friday, becoming the latest African country to “˜rebase’ its gross domestic product (GDP). Now those numbers are expected in ... -
Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
About the Author Morten Jerven teaches at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of Poor Numbers: ... -
Africa’s image and reality: wealth and poverty sit side-by-side – By Richard Dowden
The debate about the “image of Africa” seems to be reaching a consensus. The starving African child represents a reality that is rare and local. We ... -