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Sat 8 Dec 2012 23:50 GMT BBC World Service
Where does Nigeria's plans to revise their GDP leave our understanding of growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? Estimates suggest it could jump as much as Ghana's did a few years ago – 60%.
This week Tim Harford talks to Morten Jerven from the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Canada, author of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It', about the impact on development of these GDP statistics.
(Image: Nigerian currency. Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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BBC World ServiceSat 8 Dec 2012 13:50 GMT BBC World Service
BBC World ServiceSat 8 Dec 2012 23:50 GMT BBC World Service
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