I am really looking forward to the annual African Studies meetings in San Diego. (The preliminary program is here: The State and the Study of Africa, November 19-22, 2015. San Diego, California). I will be giving two papers. I give one paper on Friday...
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Power of indicators: an emerging literature
There is a rise of indicators. The so called data revolution is finding its feet, so I do not expect it to let up anytime soon. The Economist provided one overview in their report on 'How to lie with indices'. As one would expect...
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Book Talk: Africa – Why Economists Get it Wrong @SAISAfrica OCT 7, 5PM
Book Talk: Africa – Why Economists Get it Wrong @TheNewSchool OCT 9 2:30 PM
Book talk: Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong #LSE Friday 18 Sep, 6 PM
The event is free to attend, and there will be refreshments. There will also be copies of the books for sale. I will also discuss isues covered in my book on Wednesday 23 September at 1pm at the Overseas Development Institute. The event is called: Understanding economic transformation in...
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Book Reviews: Africa. Why Economists Get It Wrong
The response to my book has been an overwhelmingly positive. I always knew it would divide opinion. Alex De Waal did perhaps provide the most encouraging and ringing support with a review titled "Liberating African Economic History from the Tyranny of Econometrics" Africa: Why...
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Why did economists spend two decades explaining something that never happened ?
For the past two decades, mainstream economists who study African economic growth have been trying to explain something that never happened. Economists have focused almost exclusively on one question: Why has economic growth failed in Africa? You can read the motivation for my book...
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Book Launch: Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
On June 4 at 6 pm I will present my latest book at SOAS in London, UK. The title is Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong. In four chapters I deliver a critique of how mainstream macroeconomic literature has sought to explain economic growth...
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A reading list for the data revolution
If you have sat through more than two conferences and workshops on the post-2015 development agenda or the Sustainable Development Goals (or tracked #SDGs or #data2015 on Twitter) you will be aware that there is a certain repetition of ideas. The same soundbites are...
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What did we learn from measuring the costs of monitoring the SDGs?
In response to my costing estimate of the MDGs, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network took the initiative to host a group of 'experts' to come up with a collective estimate. The group first met in October in Paris and New York, and the final...
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