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What do We Know About Levels and Growth of Output in Developing Countries? A Critical Analysis with Special Reference to Africa

In: Economic Growth and Resources

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  • D. W. Blades

    (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development)

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The purpose of this paper is to review the statistical evidence about the levels and growth of output in developing countries. There are first some comments on the suitability of the UN System of National Accounts for developing countries. This is followed by a study of the reliability of estimates of levels and trends in GDP for five African countries. Finally, there are some comments on the conventional methods of calculating per capita growth rates, and an alternative procedure is examined which reflects a distributional aspect of economic growth.

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  • D. W. Blades, 1980. "What do We Know About Levels and Growth of Output in Developing Countries? A Critical Analysis with Special Reference to Africa," International Economic Association Series, in: R. C. O. Matthews (ed.), Economic Growth and Resources, chapter 3, pages 60-77, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-04063-6_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04063-6_3
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    3. Klitgaard, Robert & Fedderke, Johannes, 1995. "Social integration and disintegration: An exploratory analysis of cross-country data," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 357-369, March.

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