-
Africa: Don't Touch Me On My Statistics
Daily Maverick, 26 September 2013
When South Africa's statistician-general pulled the plug on a keynote speaker at a recent conference, he ignited a vicious debate on the strength of Africa's statistics, and what… Read more »
-
Africa: Poor Numbers - the Politics of Improving GDP Statistics
African Arguments, 26 September 2013
Last week African Arguments published a story that Prof Morten Jerven, author of 'Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It', had… Read more »
-
Africa: Why We Need to Invest in African Development Statistics
African Arguments, 26 September 2013
Address to be delivered at "Inauguration Meeting of the Continental Steering Committee (CSC) for the African Project on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA"[1] Read more »
-
Africa: Critic of African Statistics Barred from Addis Conference
African Arguments, 19 September 2013
Morten Jerven, author of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It alleges that he has been prevented from presenting his research… Read more »
-
Africa: African Development Statistics Mislead
SciDev.Net, 10 September 2013
A revamped data agenda is needed to deliver robust GDP statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa, says Morten Jerven. Read more »