Morten Jerven Libri

An accessible, eye-opening account that fundamentally challenges mainstream accounts of economic growth in Africa

Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics.

A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic performance and state development across the twentieth century.