Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I Uncounted and Excluded: The Unpeople Hidden at the Bottom

1 Development’s Data Problem

2 The ‘Data Revolution’

3 We the People – But Only Some of Them

Part II Uncounted and Illicit: The Unmoney Hiding at the Top

4 Uncounted at the Top

5 Tax and Illicit Financial Flows in the Sustainable Development Goals

6 Inequality, Understated

Part III The Uncounted Manifesto

Notes

Index

About the Author

Alex Cobham is an economist, and chief executive of the Tax Justice Network.

Reviews

‘In this sharply written and persuasive book, Alex Cobham contrasts the rich who benefit from being uncounted for tax and regulation purposes with the poor who are denied their rights by being uncounted for public services. Essential reading to understand and address inequality.’  
Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi  ‘This book is a joy to read. Original and highly persuasive, it powerfully illustrates that statistics are political, and that the failure to count is a deliberate act that disempowers the poor and unfairly benefits the rich.’
Andrew Sumner, King’s College London

"An important contribution"
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