Africa's economies require sustained data reform
Massive GDP rebasing exercises in African economies over the past few years do not guarantee data quality
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- Abrupt revisions
- Traditional data
- Timeliness constraints
- 'Now-casting'
- Africa practice?
- Outlook
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