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Averting statistical tragedies with better data
Oped, Pinelopi Goldberg, Published on 27/11/2021
» In a July 2020 article for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Tristan Reed and I showed that, contrary to expectations, Covid-19 deaths per capita were much lower in poorer countries than in richer ones. Readers immediately countered that this finding must be due to mismeasurement or a lack of data for these countries. Our result has since withstood scrutiny and the test of time, but the initial response was revealing: statistics originating in developing countries tend to be met with suspicion (and often are dismissed outright).
Tunnel vision
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/10/2020
» Re: "EEC panel okays feasibility studies on three projects", (BP, Oct 6).