Tag Archives: Boris Samuel

Development by Indicators: Knowledge and Governance

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Mjerven

In this workshop organized at Nantes by Boris Samuel and me on May 5 and 6, view 2015 we will investigate the role of indicators in economic development. We will explore how numbers structure knowledge about economic development and how … Continue reading →

Posted in Data revolution, Gerardo Serra, History, Poor Numbers, Poverty, SDG, Workshop | Tagged Alain Supiot, Boris Samuel, Call for Papers, Daniel Speich, Deval Desai, François Enten, Grace Davies, Mareike Schomerus, Mary Morgan, Moritz Huntzmann, Nantes, Roser Cusso, Samuel Jube, Veronique Dimier | Comments Off

Public talk in Bordeaux 19 FEB 6 PM: Derrière “l’émergence de l’Afrique”. La croissance, une fiction statistique ?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Mjerven

I am a visiting scholar at “Les Afriques dans le monde” at Sciences Po Bordeaux in the spring term 2015. This event is public and free, online it is organized by Vincent Bonnecasse – who contributed a chapter in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa Rising, Africa's Statistical Tragedy, Poor Numbers | Tagged Bordeaux, Boris Samuel, Jean-Phillippe Berrou, Vincent Bonnecasse | Comments Off

Just Published: Measuring African Development: Past and Present

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Mjerven

Very happy to the see Measuring African Development: Past and Present in print. You can read an open access of the introduction to the book here. The volume takes you through the very first household budget surveys and national account … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa's Statistical Renaissance, Africa's Statistical Tragedy, African Economic History, Agriculture, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Christopher Cramer, Gerardo Serra, Ghana, IMF, Measuring African Development: Past and Present, Population, Routledge, Sudan, Tanzania | Tagged Alden Young, Andrew Dabalen, Bernd Mueller, Boris Samuel, Carlos Oya, Deborah Johnston, Dwayne Woods, Felicitas Becker, Gabriel Demombynes, Johannes Hoogeveen, John Sender, Katherina Welle, Kevin Croke, Marcelo Giugale, Roy Carr-Hill, Vincent Bonnecasse, Wim Marivoet | Comments Off

Measuring African Development: Past and Present – Special Issue

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Mjerven

In 2013 the chief economist for the World Bank’s Africa region, Shanta Devarajan, delivered a devastating assessment of the capacity of African states to measure development and declared “Africa’s Statistical Tragedy”. Is there a “statistical tragedy” unfolding in Africa now?If … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa's Statistical Renaissance, Africa's Statistical Tragedy, African Economic History, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Ethiopia, Ghana, History, Mauritania, Poor Numbers, Population, Sudan | Tagged Alden Young, Andrew Dabalen, Bernd Mueller, Boris Samuel, Carlos Oya, Christopher Cramer, Dwayne Woods, Felicitas Becker, Gabriel Demombynes, Gerardo Serra, Jane Guyer, Johannes Hoogeveen, John Sender, Katherina Welle, Kevin Croke, Marcelo Giugale, Roy Carr-Hill, Vincent Bonnecasse | Comments Off

I am discussing my book at Ceri in Paris on May 16

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Mjerven

Posted in Booktalk, Poor Numbers | Tagged Agnes Labrousse, Boris Samuel, Carlos Oya, CERI, Michel Seruzier, Nic Van De Walle, Paris, Sciences Po | Comments Off