Poor numbers. How we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it

2014183 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Jane I. Guyer · Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

Morten Jerven's book on poor numbers is an important and accessible contribution to a complex and diffuse literature on the veracity, meaning, and application of formalised quantitative measures of...

Topics & Keywords

Income, Poverty, and Inequality Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement

Volume 35, Issue 1, pp. 208-209

DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2014.877382

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