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How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it, is unfortunate. Unfortunately, this guesstimate is further weakened by its usage of a necessary guesstimate of. Morton jerven is professor of economic history and development at the school for international studies at simon fraser university in vancouver, canada in. Morten jerven norges miljo og biovitenskapelige universitet. Thinking about growth and development in africa morten jerven, poor numbers. Last week african arguments published a story that prof morten jerven, author of. H ow w e ar e m i sl ed by afr i can d evel opm ent stati sti cs and w hat to d o about it. I just published a new article in the journal of african history the history of african poverty by numbers. How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it cornell studies in political economy kindle edition by jerven, morten. This was due to opposition to his ideas from, notably, the south african statistician general, pali lehohla.
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The maddison project, also known as the maddison historical statistics project, is a project to collate historical economic statistics, such as gdp, gdp per capita, and labor productivity. How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it ithaca and london. Poor numbers how we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it 1st edition by morten jerven and publisher cornell university press. As morten jerven of simon fraser university explains. Despite all of the problems, and the risks of garbage in, garbage out, jerven s conclusion stresses the importance of numbers, calling for qualitative rigor and interdisciplinary approaches, and defends the concept of gdp as too important to be ignored, even if the numbers are too poor to be trusted blindly. Cornell studies in political economy, 20, 176 pages. About the author morten jerven teaches at the school for international studies at simon fraser university in vancouver, canada.
How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it, published by cornell university press in 20. How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it, and has published widely on african economic development, especially on patterns of economic growth and economic development statistics. How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it cornell studies in political economy jerven, morten on. The numbers substantially misstate the actual state of affairs. Even jerven seems aware that such a title could raise hackles. Morten jerven teaches at the school for international studies at simon fraser university in vancouver, canada. Poor numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of african economic development statistics. How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it ithaca londres, cornell university press, coll. It was launched in march 2010 to continue the work of the late economic historian angus maddison. The project is under the groningen growth and development centre at the university of groningen, which also. The journal of african history, 593, 449461 i have posted by ungated preproof version of the article here.