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Assistant professor morten jerven author morten jerven teaches at the school for international studies at simon fraser university in vancouver, canada. Chapter 7 numbers policy paradox the art of political. Benefits and costs of the data for development targets for the post2015 development agenda post2015 consensus morten jerven simon fraser university working paper as of september 16, 2014. Morten jervens conclusion to the question how good are africas national account estimates. Morten jerven s research shows how the statistical capacities of subsaharan african economies have fallen into disarray. The measurement of african economies has long been an overlooked. The art of medicine poor numbers and what to do about them how do they even come up with these gross domestic product gdp numbers. How we are misled by african development statistics and what to do about it by morten jervenithaca. Pdf to iwork, pdf to pages, pdf to keynote, pdf to numbers. The author, morten jerven is an associate professor at the simon fraser university and specialises in african economic development. What do we know about income and growth in subsaharan africa. The 9th symposium on statistical development in africa assd, held in the end of last month in gaborone, botswana, took an intense turn when participants, mainly african statisticians and policy makers, took turns to criticize morten jerven s 20 book poor numbers. The fight for africas statistics narrative addis standard.
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