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Measuring Governance: Implications of Conceptual Choices

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  • Katherine Bersch

    (University of Texas at Austin, Austin)

  • Sandra Botero

    (University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame)

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Cet article traite des difficultés relatives à la validité de mesure des indicateurs globaux de gouvernance. Nous nous intéressons, en particulier, à trois conséquences néfastes de l’agrégation d’indicateurs fondés sur la perception, en l’absence de clarté conceptuelle: 1) le peu d’attention accordé à la validité du contenu; 2) une confusion entre les causes, les caractéristiques et les conséquences de la gouvernance, et 3) la sous-estimation de l’incertitude. Nous proposons, comme alternative, une modélisation bayésienne avec variables latentes pour mesurer la gouvernance. Ce modèle statistique formel présente plusieurs avantages: il s’agit d’une méthode raisonnée qui permet au chercheur d’expliciter les choix conceptuels en termes de mesure de gouvernance, et il fournit une évaluation honnête de l’incertitude en laissant l’erreur de mesure dans la mesure de la gouvernance se propager dans les inférences. Nous soutenons que cette approche multidimensionnelle, désagrégée et transparente permettra de renforcer la validité de la mesure et la transparence sur l’incertitude autour des mesures de gouvernance. L’analyse conceptuelle et empirique s’appuie sur des données tirées des indicateurs de gouvernance de la Banque mondiale.

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  • Katherine Bersch & Sandra Botero, 2014. "Measuring Governance: Implications of Conceptual Choices," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 26(1), pages 124-141, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:26:y:2014:i:1:p:124-141
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    1. Angeon, Valérie & Bates, Samuel, 2015. "Reviewing Composite Vulnerability and Resilience Indexes: A Sustainable Approach and Application," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 140-162.
    2. Michener, Gregory, 2015. "Policy Evaluation via Composite Indexes: Qualitative Lessons from International Transparency Policy Indexes," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 184-196.

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