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18 produkter
The Wealth and Poverty of African States
Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century
Häftad, 2022
408 kr
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A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes …
Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995
E-bok, 2014
1529 kr
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How do we measure African economic performance? This volume studies how growth is measured in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia and challenges commonly held beliefs of African economic performance. The volume offers a reconsideration of economic growth in Africa in three respects. First, it …
Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995
Inbunden, 2014
2375 kr
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How do we measure African economic performance? This volume studies how growth is measured in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia and challenges commonly held beliefs of African economic performance. The volume offers a reconsideration of economic growth in Africa in three respects. First, it …
Poor Numbers
How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do About It
Inbunden, 2013
1646 kr
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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 per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to …
Poor Numbers
How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do About It
Häftad, 2013
360 kr
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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 per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to …
The Wealth and Poverty of African States
Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 2022
1391 kr
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A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes …
Wealth and Poverty of African States
Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century
E-bok, 2022
423 kr
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A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes …
Wealth and Poverty of African States
Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century
E-bok, 2022
427 kr
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A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes …
Measuring African Development
Past and Present
Häftad, 2017
782 kr
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The chief economist for the World Bank's Africa region, Shanta Devarajan, delivered a devastating assessment of the capacity of African states to measure development in his 2013 article "Africa's Statistical Tragedy". Is there a "statistical tragedy" unfolding in Africa now? If so, it becomes …
Statistical Tragedy in Africa?
Evaluating the Database for African Economic Development
Av Morten Jerven, Deborah Johnston
Häftad, 2017
560 kr
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What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the …
Measuring African Development
Past and Present
Inbunden, 2015
2476 kr
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The chief economist for the World Bank's Africa region, Shanta Devarajan, delivered a devastating assessment of the capacity of African states to measure development in his 2013 article "Africa's Statistical Tragedy". Is there a "statistical tragedy" unfolding in Africa now? If so, it becomes …
Statistical Tragedy in Africa?
Evaluating the Database for African Economic Development
Av Morten Jerven, Deborah Johnston
Inbunden, 2015
1567 kr
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What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the …
Statistical Tragedy in Africa?
Evaluating the Database for African Economic Development
Av Deborah Johnston, Morten Jerven
E-bok, 2017
656 kr
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What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the …
Statistical Tragedy in Africa?
Evaluating the Database for African Economic Development
Av Deborah Johnston, Morten Jerven
E-bok, 2017
658 kr
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What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the …
Africa
Why Economists Get It Wrong
Av Morten Jerven, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2015
261 kr
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‘A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.’Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its …
Africa
Why Economists Get It Wrong
Av Morten Jerven, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2015
1313 kr
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‘A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.’Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its …
Africa
Why Economists Get it Wrong
E-bok, 2015
305 kr
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'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its …
Africa
Why Economists Get it Wrong
E-bok, 2015
299 kr
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'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its …
