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Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven

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  • Reframes the debate about Africa's growth or lack thereof, challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history
  • For the first time in generations, Africa is spoken of these days with enthusiastic hope: no longer seen as a hopeless morass of poverty, the continent instead is described as “Africa Rising,” a land of enormous economic potential that is just beginning to be tapped. With Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong, Morten Jerven offers a bracing corrective. Neither story, he shows, is accurate. In truth, most African economies have been growing rapidly since the 1990s--and, until a collapse in the ’70s and ’80s, they had been growing reliably for decades. Puncturing weak analysis that relies too much on those two lost decades, Jerven redraws our picture of Africa’s past, present, and potential.--Publisher website
Language
eng
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Extent
160 pages
Contents
  • Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa
  • Trapped in history?
  • African growth recurring
  • Africa's statistical tragedy?
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9781783601325
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Africa : why economists get it wrong
Title
Africa
Title remainder
why economists get it wrong
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Morten Jerven
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
  • Reframes the debate about Africa's growth or lack thereof, challenging mainstream accounts of African economic history
  • For the first time in generations, Africa is spoken of these days with enthusiastic hope: no longer seen as a hopeless morass of poverty, the continent instead is described as “Africa Rising,” a land of enormous economic potential that is just beginning to be tapped. With Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong, Morten Jerven offers a bracing corrective. Neither story, he shows, is accurate. In truth, most African economies have been growing rapidly since the 1990s--and, until a collapse in the ’70s and ’80s, they had been growing reliably for decades. Puncturing weak analysis that relies too much on those two lost decades, Jerven redraws our picture of Africa’s past, present, and potential.--Publisher website
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1978-
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Jerven, Morten
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330.9/6
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illustrations
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index present
LC call number
HC800
LC item number
.J45 2015
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non fiction
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  • International African Institute
  • Royal African Society
  • World Peace Foundation
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African arguments
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  • Africa
  • Africa
  • Economic development
  • Economics
  • Développement économique
  • Conditions économiques
  • Croissance économique
  • Histoire économique
  • Afrique
  • Ekonomiska förhållanden
  • Ekonomisk historia
  • Ekonomisk utveckling
  • Nationalekonomi
  • Afrika
  • Economic development
  • Economic history
  • Economic policy
  • Economics
  • Africa
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Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index
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Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa -- Trapped in history? -- African growth recurring -- Africa's statistical tragedy?
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ocn913881793
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22 cm.
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unknown
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160 pages
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9781783601325
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  • (OCoLC)913881793
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Africa : why economists get it wrong, Morten Jerven
Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Misunderstanding economic growth in Africa -- Trapped in history? -- African growth recurring -- Africa's statistical tragedy?
Control code
ocn913881793
Dimensions
22 cm.
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unknown
Extent
160 pages
Isbn
9781783601325
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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n
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illustrations
Quality assurance targets
unknown
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unknown
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unknown sound
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remote
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  • (Sirsi) i9781783601325
  • (OCoLC)913881793

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