Poor Numbers: explanation of Africa's statistical tragedy
[Pauvreté de chiffres : explication de la tragédie statistique africaine]
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Keywords
Afrique sub-saharienne; capacité statistique; qualité des données;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
- N17 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Africa; Oceania
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-01-26 (Africa)
- NEP-MAC-2013-01-26 (Macroeconomics)
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