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Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995

How do we measure African economic performance? This volume studies how growth is measured in Bot...

Africa

'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ...

Poor Numbers

One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for imp...

Statistical Tragedy in Africa?

What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than w...

Statistical Tragedy in Africa?

What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than w...

Africa

'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ...

Wealth and Poverty of African States

A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, livin...

Wealth and Poverty of African States

A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, livin...

Africa

'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign Affairs...

The Wealth and Poverty of African States

A new account of economic performance and state development in African countries across the long ...

The Wealth and Poverty of African States