How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It
by Morten Jerven
Recommended by Bill Gates
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One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and percapita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that pr...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Nonfiction.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“Makes a strong case that a lot of GDP measurements we thought were accurate are far from it.”
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