Data Analysis for Development (UGC (Monographs) Series in Economics)

Exploring the nature of applied data analysis, this book illustrates the use of statistical techniques in analyzing policy problems. These techniques are appled to real development problems in Pakistan to demonstrate the usefulness of data analysis in development. Students, economists, and professional policy analysts will discover that, as the author himself says, "Whatever one's political or ethical values, one can make better decisions by having statistical results."