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:...

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...