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Chair of Africa &
International Development
University of Edinburgh
Professor in Development Studies,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Visiting Professor in Economic History, Lund University
B.Sc. (Budapest), M.Sc., Ph.D. (LSE)
Morten Jerven is an economic
historian, with a PhD from the
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Tag Archives: Boris Samuel
Development by Indicators: Knowledge and Governance
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
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Public talk in Bordeaux 19 FEB 6 PM: Derrière “l’émergence de l’Afrique”. La croissance, une fiction statistique ?
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
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Just Published: Measuring African Development: Past and Present
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
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Measuring African Development: Past and Present – Special Issue
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
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I am discussing my book at Ceri in Paris on May 16
Posted in Booktalk, Poor Numbers
Tagged Agnes Labrousse, Boris Samuel, Carlos Oya, CERI, Michel Seruzier, Nic Van De Walle, Paris, Sciences Po
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