• Introduction


• 1: African Economic Growth Reconsidered


• 2: Measuring African Economic Growth


• 3: Measurement in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia 1965-1995


• 4: Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered: Botswana


• 5: Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered: Kenya


• 6: Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered: Tanzania


• 7: Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered: Zambia


• 8: Economic Growth in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia Reconsidered


• Conclusion

Morten Jerven is an economic historian and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. Since 2009, he has been Assistant Professor at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University. He is author of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It and has published widely on African economic development, and particularly on patterns of economic growth and economic development statistics.

A study of how growth is measured in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. It looks at average economic growth, GDP measurements, and the association, or lack thereof, between economic growth and orthodox economic policies.