African Statistical Journal
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Africa
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Africa
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Page : 322 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Mathematical statistics
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Page : 129 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Purchasing power parity
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Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,49 MB
Release : 2021-07-06
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ISBN : 9789211251418
This annual publication, jointly produced by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), is a result of the fruitful collaboration that exists among the three pan-African organizations within the field of statistics. This synergistic collaboration has two principal benefits: (1) it minimizes the risk of inconsistent information being produced by the three organizations, and (2) it reduces the reporting burden on member states, who might otherwise be obliged to submit data separately to each institution. The yearbook continues to serve the intended purpose of bringing together, in one volume, data on African countries for policy-makers, researchers and other users. The present edition presents a time series showing how African countries performed on several economic and social indicators over the period 2011-2019.
Author : Morten Jerven
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0801467616
One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and international financial institutions such as the World Bank allocate their development resources on the basis of such data. The paucity of accurate statistics is not merely a technical problem; it has a massive impact on the welfare of citizens in developing countries. Where do these statistics originate? How accurate are they? Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics. Morten Jerven's research shows how the statistical capacities of sub-Saharan African economies have fallen into disarray. The numbers substantially misstate the actual state of affairs. As a result, scarce resources are misapplied. Development policy does not deliver the benefits expected. Policymakers' attempts to improve the lot of the citizenry are frustrated. Donors have no accurate sense of the impact of the aid they supply. Jerven's findings from sub-Saharan Africa have far-reaching implications for aid and development policy. As Jerven notes, the current catchphrase in the development community is "evidence-based policy," and scholars are applying increasingly sophisticated econometric methods-but no statistical techniques can substitute for partial and unreliable data.
Author : Morten Jerven
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,88 MB
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317369335
What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the contributors to this book are unified in two conclusions: the quality and quantity of data needs to be improved; and this is a concern not just for statisticians. Weaknesses in statistical methodology and practice can misinform policy makers, international agencies, donors, the private sector, and the citizens of African countries themselves. This is also a problem for academics from various disciplines, from history and economics to social epidemiology and education policy. Not only does academic work on Africa regularly use flawed data, but many problems encountered in surveys challenge common academic abstractions. By exploring these flaws, this book will provide a guide for scholars, policy makers, and all those using and commissioning surveys in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Development Studies.
Author : East African Community. East African Statistical Department
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Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,88 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Africa, East
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Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : UN
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789210251624
This newly revised edition of the African Statistical Yearbook published in one volume, presents data arranged on a country basis for 53 Economic Commission for Africa member states, generally for the years 1997 to 2005 or for the last nine years for which data are available. Published in English and French, it covers a broad range of statistics including population, national accounts, agriculture, industry, transport and communication, tourism, foreign trade, prices, finance, social statistics and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Author : Jun Shao
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 2008-02-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387217185
This graduate textbook covers topics in statistical theory essential for graduate students preparing for work on a Ph.D. degree in statistics. This new edition has been revised and updated and in this fourth printing, errors have been ironed out. The first chapter provides a quick overview of concepts and results in measure-theoretic probability theory that are useful in statistics. The second chapter introduces some fundamental concepts in statistical decision theory and inference. Subsequent chapters contain detailed studies on some important topics: unbiased estimation, parametric estimation, nonparametric estimation, hypothesis testing, and confidence sets. A large number of exercises in each chapter provide not only practice problems for students, but also many additional results.
Author : Economic Commission for Africa Staff
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Page : 166 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 1998-08-31
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ISBN : 9789210251211
Presents data arranged on a country basis & covers statistics on: population & employment; national accounts; agriculture; forestry & fishing; industry; transport & communications; foreign trade; prices & social statistics.