The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey and Administrative Statistics

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-132

  Sandefur, Justin ^a   Glassman, Amanda ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; INCENTIVE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84926245671     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.968138     Document Type: Article

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