Morten Jerven, author of Poor Numbers: how we are misled by - TopicsExpress



          

Morten Jerven, author of Poor Numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it is at it again. The statement ‘seven out of ten fastest growing economies are in Africa’ carries no real meaning. To utter it is merely stating that you subscribe to the hype. It is particularly frustrating, and it surely stands in way of objective evaluation, that the narratives in African Economic Development switches from one extreme to the other so swiftly. The truth lies somewhere between the ‘miracles’ and ‘tragedies’. It is nothing short of stunning that in a matter of 3-4 years the most famous phrase relating to African economies has turned from ‘Bottom Billion’ to ‘Africa Rising’.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:25:51 +0000

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