Poor Numbers : How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It

Poor Numbers -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Do We Know about Income and Growth in Africa? -- 2. Measuring African Wealth and Progress -- 3. Facts, Assumptions, and Controversy: Lessons from the Datasets -- 4. Data for Development: Using and Improving African Statistics -- Conclusion: Development by Numbers -- Appendix A. A Comparison of GDP Estimates from the World Development Indicators Database and Country Estimates -- Appendix B. Details of Interviews and Questionnaires -- Notes -- References -- Index.