Publication

Sep 2014

This paper considers whether the economic data reported by countries in sub-Saharan Africa accurately represents the situation on the ground. The author argues that because of the uneven application of methods and availability of data, any ranking of countries according to gross domestic product levels is misleading.

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Author Morten Jerven
Series UNU-Wider Working Papers
Issue 114
Publisher World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Copyright © 2014 Morten Jerven
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