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

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  2014

• Venue

  The Journal of Development Studies

• Publication date

  2014-07-14

• Fields of study

  Business, Economics, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1080/00220388.2014.968138
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