Gouvernance, démocratie et lutte contre la pauvreté : enseignements tirés des enquêtes auprès des ménages en Afrique sub-saharienne et en Amérique latine
Public statistics face quite a challenge when it comes to measuring new dimensions of development (institutions, governance, and social and political participation). To take up this challenge, modules on Governance, Democracy and Multiple Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and Latin-American developing countries. This paper presents the issues addressed and the methodological lessons learnt along with a selection of findings to illustrate this innovative approach and demonstrate its analytic potential. We investigate, for instance, the population’s support for democratic principles, the respect for civil and political rights and the trust in the political class; the “need for the State”, particularly of the poorest; the extent of petty corruption; the reliability of expert surveys on governance; the perception of decentralisation policies at local level; the level and vitality of social and political participation, etc. The conclusive appraisal made opens up prospects for the national statistical information systems in the developing countries. The measurement and tracking of this new set of objective and subjective public policy monitoring indicators would benefit from being made systematic.
Authors: | Roubaud, François ; Razafindrakoto, Mireille ; Herrera, Javier |
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Institutions: | Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) |
Subject: | Amérique latine | Démocratie | Dispositif de suivi | Enquêtes auprès des Ménages | Gouvernance | Pauvreté | Corruption | Politique de développement | Africa | Afrique | Statistique | Statistics | Development Policy | Poverty | Governance | Household Surveys | Monitoring Mechanism | Democracy | Latin America |
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Extent: | application/pdf |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | Published in Rapports d'étude DGCID, |
Classification: | O55 - Africa ; O54 - Latin America; Caribbean ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life |
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