Morten Jerven is Professor in Development Studies. He has a PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics and has published widely on African economic development, particularly on patterns of economic growth and on economic development statistics. His books are based on research in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana.
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Areas of work
- Economic history
- African economics
- Development statistics
- Economic growth patterns
- International Relations
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Publications
Poor Numbers: How we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it.Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013.
Economic Growth and Measurement Reconsidered in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, 1965-1995, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Africa: Why Economists Got it Wrong, London; New York : Zed Books, 2015.
Measuring African Development: Past and Present, Routledge, 2015.
Statistical Tragedy in Africa? (with Deborah Johnston), Routledge, 2015.
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Lecturing
EDS 377 Foreign Policy (Course Leader)
EDS 374 International Relations Theory
EDS 305 Development Theory and Policy
EDS 430 Environment and Development Studies for and by PhD Students
ECN 352 Poverty
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Projects & research
Projects
The primary aim of this project is to discern what drives statistical capacity development, how the enhancement efforts of the IMF and the World Bank are conducted and how institutional interplay affect these improvement efforts.
Areas of research
Theme:
- Society
- Economics
- Development
Research areas:
- History
- Social sciences
- Economics
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Other & CV
