The African Economic History Network, no rx founded in 2011, just published its 10th Bimonthly Newsletter - summarizing new research and opportunities in African Economic History. The first African Economic History Working paper sets out the aims and objectives of the network, and there...
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Year: 2013
The African Investigative Journalism Conference
This morning I addressed a key audience at The African Investigative Journalism Conference. Journalists are a key stakeholder in order hold producers and disseminators of data accountable. More generally, patient I think a lot of good could come out of training of local journalists...
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African Economic Data and Investors
The Financial Times focus on what the recent Africa data debates means for investors. The Africa report maps that different statistical offices have reacted to the debates in quite different ways. In the blog Bottom Up Thinking the author notes that the access to...
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Towards Better Economic Policy Making: Strengthening Africa’s Data
That's the title of the IMF seminar I am speaking at during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank this weekend. It takes place on Friday, October 11th, 11:30 am – 1:00pm in the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University. As far...
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The great African data debate
Not my words, but that's what UNU-Wider calls it. As I written before I think that it is true that some countries have better data that are available through household surveys. BUT: not all of these are comparable, and availability is NOT random, hence...
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The speech I was blocked from delivering at UNECA…
Is now published at African Arguments. I also respond in full to some of the politics of discussing African statistics in a separate post here. This is all follows the story that broke last week on Poor Numbers being censored from UNECA.
Towards a new agenda for data for development in Africa
I lay out some key points in this opinion piece for Local First. I discuss more of this in the speech I should have delivered at UNECA last week, ailment but then I was stopped (in my tracks as Lehohla wanted). I will post...
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Inclusive Growth in Africa: Measurement, Causes and Consequences
That was the name of the conference in Helsinki, organized by UNU-WIDER. All in all an underwhelming experience. I understand that we are a bit excited about growth in Africa, but maybe the title of the conference should have been: Inclusive growth in Africa?...
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Opening Statement at UNECA meetings in Addis cancelled
I was supposed to give the opening statement at the UNECA meetings, but due to unfortunate circumstances it got cancelled last minute. The press release sent out by Cornell University Press is below. The planned program is here. Other individuals and organizations have expressed...
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Poor Numbers in Addis Ababa, Edinburgh, Oxford, London and Helsinki
My first stop on a trip where I stop to give a talk in Edinburgh, look sit on a panel in Oxford, ask give a presentation at the DFID economist conference in London, and finally present a new paper at a conference in Helsinki,...
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