| Abstract: | Over the period under consideration (1954-1968) the African contribution to the gross national product at factor cost was consistently about one third of the total. Parts of the article: 1. Introduction - 2. Gross National Product (The product of an economy; Valuation of the National Product; Depreciation and the National Product; Methods of measuring national product) - 3. African contribution to the economy (Official tabulations; Derivation of African rural household consumption: The African contribution to the GNP). Figure; table. |