National accounts in Africa

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Title:	National accounts in Africa
Author:	Lury, D.A.
Year:	1964
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	2
Issue:	1
Pages:	99-110
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	national accounts bibliographies (form)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/158999
Abstract:	There was a considerable increase in the number of African countries compiling national accounts during the 1950's. A comparison of the methods of calculation in use was speeded up when the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa was established, and the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (made up of national accounts workers in different countries) sponsored a regional conference for Africa in January 1961. Official at that conference proceeded immediately to a UNECA meeting and considered the role national accountants calculations could play in Africa, and how far a standardised system was possible. This article reviews the published papers considered at the IARIW conference, and other relefant publications recently becoming available. Notes; Appendix: Papers considered at the IARIW Conference and other recent publications; Select list of earlier publications.