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...

New factors such as governance, ownership and citizen’s participation are now a central focus of development programmes, especially in the scope of the new international poverty reduction strategies (PRSP and HIPC initiatives). To gain a better understanding of countries’ trajectories and...

This article aims to present the research conducted in recent years by a multidisciplinary team on the questions of land-use conflict, and to reveal the methodology of survey and data collection, as well as the structure of the resulting database. We first define the scope of our study by...

The presence of nearby public facilities has an impact on real-estate values; for this reason, the market may reasonably anticipate that public infrastructure projects will affect house prices. But undesirable and semi-desirable facility location choices may be contested by nearby residents, as...

The presence of nearby public facility contributes to real-estate’s value, that’s why the market may expect impact of public project on house’s price. But undesirable and semi-desirable facility location choices can be contested by close inhabitants, because they are source of negative...

After a summmary of the theoretical background of their research, the authors report two cases: two families of former agricultural workers in the region of Bordeaux, confronted with the French principle of “obligation alimentaire” [family support duty] towards the elderly : two old ladies,...