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Poverty, Governance and Democratic Participation in Francophone Africa and the Andean Region

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One of the main contributions of statistical tools – and in particular of survey methods – to the enhancement of human rights and democratic governance assessments, is to allow to capture objective facts and subjective perceptions directly from people’s experiences and views – without the intermediary of experts’ opinions or theories. This is of the highest importance in developing countries, where sound knowledge and understanding of daily problems and the perceptions and expectations of the people – and in particular the poor – are essential preconditions for designing and implementing policies and programmes that are truly consistent with the issues at stake: extreme poverty, problematic access to basic services, social and political exclusion, widespread corruption or weak governance.

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  • Oecd, 2008. "Poverty, Governance and Democratic Participation in Francophone Africa and the Andean Region," OECD Journal on Development, OECD Publishing, vol. 9(2), pages 95-118.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:dcdkaa:5kzdlnk5klvb
    DOI: 10.1787/journal_dev-v9-art15-en
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    2. Javier Herrera & Mireille Razafindrakoto & François Roubaud, 2013. "Les sciences sociales au service du débat démocratique au Sud:enjeux, supports, retombées. Résultats d'expériences dans le champ de l'économie et de la statistique," Working Papers DT/2013/02, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
    3. Mireille Razafindrakoto & François Roubaud, 2015. "The Governance, Peace and Security modules of the Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in Africa (GPS-SHaSA): development of an innovative statistical survey methodology," Working Papers DT/2015/20, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).

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