Poor numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it M Jerven Cornell University Press, 2013 | 1514 | 2013 |
Africa: Why economists get it wrong M Jerven Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015 | 248 | 2015 |
Writing history backwards or sideways: towards a consensus on A frican population, 1850–2010 E Frankema, M Jerven The Economic History Review 67 (4), 907-931, 2014 | 153 | 2014 |
African growth recurring: an economic history perspective on African growth episodes, 1690–2010 M Jerven Economic history of developing regions 25 (2), 127-154, 2010 | 147 | 2010 |
The relativity of poverty and income: How reliable are African economic statistics? M Jerven African Affairs 109 (434), 77-96, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
Comparability of GDP estimates in S ub‐S aharan A frica: The effect of Revisions in Sources and Methods Since Structural Adjustment M Jerven Review of Income and Wealth 59, S16-S36, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
The quest for the African dummy: explaining African post‐colonial economic performance revisited M Jerven Journal of International Development 23 (2), 288-307, 2011 | 117 | 2011 |
How much will a data revolution in development cost? M Jerven Forum for Development Studies 44 (1), 31-50, 2017 | 116* | 2017 |
The Political Economy of Agricultural Statistics and Input Subsidies: Evidence from I ndia, N igeria and M alawi M Jerven Journal of Agrarian Change 14 (1), 129-145, 2014 | 99* | 2014 |
Statistical tragedy in Africa? Evaluating the data base for African economic development M Jerven, D Johnston The Journal of Development Studies 51 (2), 111-115, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
Briefing: For richer, for poorer: GDP revisions and Africa's statistical tragedy M Jerven African Affairs 112 (446), 138-147, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
Patterns of manufacturing growth in sub-Saharan Africa G Austin, E Frankema, M Jerven The spread of modern industry to the periphery since, 345-374, 1871 | 86 | 1871 |
Does it pay to be poor? Testing for systematically underreported GNI estimates A Kerner, M Jerven, A Beatty The Review of International Organizations 12, 1-38, 2017 | 77* | 2017 |
Global standards and local measures: A comment on “Indicators and the Problem of Translation: Measuring Child Rights in Tanzania” M Jerven Current Anthropology 56 (2), 221-222, 2015 | 75* | 2015 |
Revising GDP estimates in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Ghana M Jerven, ME Duncan African Statistical Journal 15 (15), 13-24, 2012 | 75 | 2012 |
Accounting for the African growth miracle: The official evidence–Botswana 1965–1995 M Jerven Journal of Southern African Studies 36 (1), 73-94, 2010 | 73 | 2010 |
Economic growth and measurement reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995 M Jerven OUP Oxford, 2014 | 72* | 2014 |
Random growth in Africa? Lessons from an evaluation of the growth evidence on Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, 1965–1995 M Jerven The Journal of Development Studies 46 (2), 274-294, 2010 | 71 | 2010 |
A West A frican experiment: constructing a GDP series for colonial G hana, 1891–1950 M Jerven The Economic History Review 67 (4), 964-992, 2014 | 54* | 2014 |
An unlevel playing field: national income estimates and reciprocal comparison in global economic history M Jerven Journal of Global History 7 (1), 107-128, 2012 | 54 | 2012 |