Comparability of GDP estimates in sub-saharan Africa: The effect of revisions in sources and methods since structural adjustment

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Jerven, Morten ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

National income accounting; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872774966     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12006     Document Type: Article

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