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dc.description.abstractThe book ‘Poor numbers: How we are mislead by African Development Statistics and what to do about it’ came under heavy criticism at a seminar last night organised by the 9th Symposium on Statistical Development in Africa (ASSD), in Gaborone, Botswana. Jerven gave a short presentation of his book to a room packed with the African statistical community and other delegates of the symposium. In his book, Jerven argues and questions the authenticity and credibility behind numbers produced by African statistical offices. He argues that although abuse of statistics, was a global problem, the situation was worse and bigger in sub-Sahara Africa citing conjectural and structural factors. His presentation called it a knowledge problem citing among others, weak statistical institutions and the use of outdated base years, in some cases 20 years old to measure GDP. The discussion went on for more than three hours as discussants and audience members tore Jerven and his book apart, questioning motives and faulting his research methodology. Others suggested that he he-writes another book. In his response, Jerven took exception with some of the comments, defended his work and agreed to disagree.en
dc.titleFacts and fiction of Africa's statistics narrativeen
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::STATISTICSen
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::STATISTICS::STATISTICAL SERVICESen
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::STATISTICS::DATA QUALITYen
ags.subjectThesaurusSTATISTICSen
ags.subjectThesaurusSTATISTICAL SERVICESen
ags.subjectThesaurusDATA QUALITYen
ags.descriptionNotesLibrary also has French edition under the title:"Faits et fiction de l'histoire des statistiques en Afrique".en
ags.publisherPlaceAddis Ababa:en
ags.publisherNameUN. ECA,en
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-28T07:36:50Z
dc.date.available2021-09-13T05:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2014-02
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/31698
uneca.workflow.processedtrue
uneca.language.supporteden
dc.coverage.spatialAFR
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.coverage.spatialunbist
dc.format.extent2 p.
dc.languageeng
dc.typePress release
ags.creatorCorporateUnited Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.
ags.subjectThesaurusSTATISTICS
ags.subjectThesaurusSTATISTICAL SERVICES
ags.subjectThesaurusDATA QUALITY
ags.subjectClassification02.07.00 Statistical development
ags.availabilityNumberb10803828
ags.availabilityNumber2014
ags.availabilityLocationECA-HQ
ags.rights.termsofusepublic
ags.JNb10803828


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