@MForstater @alexcobham @alieholder @DiarmidOS Maya, it is worth raising this with @FT. What is their source?
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@MForstater It's often impossible to find African countries' basic budget docs online. If you want to rule it out you'd need to go there.
@martinhearson I've looked at budget speeches, budget highlights, ZRA docs. I haven't found it. Its a huge sum. But I can't find a mention
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@MForstater speaking from my fieldwork experience, you cannot establish that Sampa had no basis w/o speaking to people in govt at the time -
@martinhearson He must have had some basis. But no sign it is govt estimate. Its a huge #. Yet cited repeatedly as if credible & official - 8 more replies
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