Development by Numbers
How good are the numbers? In this short paper I summarize my review paper on the data quality in the most important databases on economic development.
Morten Jerven
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Development by Numbers
How good are the numbers? This paper provides a review of the data quality in the most important databases on economic development. It discusses the provenance and quality of the observations in the data sets and equips data users with a guide to judge data quality.
Morten Jerven