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La mesure du développement : des indicateurs en question / Marc Lautier et Michel Vernières (dir.).

Lippincott Library HC59.7 .M458 2018
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Lautier, Marc, editor.
Vernières, Michel, editor.
GEMDEV (Group), organizer.
Series:
Hommes et sociétés
Language:
French
Subjects (All):
Economic indicators--Developing countries--Congresses.
Economic indicators.
Economic development--Developing countries--Congresses.
Economic development.
Developing countries.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
212 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Paris : Karthala : GEMDEV, [2018]
Summary:
The measure of development has always been the subject of debate, which has been re-launched by the emphasis now placed on the sustainability of development in a context of heightened globalization. the oldest and most used are increasingly emphasized, and new indicators, often more complex, are being developed to take into account factors essential to the development of our societies, such as education, culture and the environment. Whatever the indicators selected, this growing emphasis on measurement tends to turn it into a purely technical one, forgetting that they are based on particular assumptions from different visions of development that imply political choices. should not obscure the indispensable public debate that their use for the development and evaluation of development policies. The contributions of this multidisciplinary work, which mobilizes a vast expertise, fit into this critical perspective. In the first part, it invites re-examinations and renewals of the measure and the indicators on which it is based. The relevance and limitations of traditional indicators are notably questioned by confrontations with specific contexts. The second part proposes and analyzes new indicators that aim to measure more complex, often qualitative, phenomena with decisive roles in development processes. "
Contents:
Interrogations sur la pertinence de la mesure des inégalités par l'indice de Gini, le cas de Brésil / Mylene Gaulard
Mesures de la pauvreté dans le Caucase et en Asie centrale : approches internationales et spécificités des pays du sud ex-soviétique / Cécile Lefèvre, Sophie Hohmann
IDE chinois en Afrique subsaharienne : difficultés d'évaluation et de suivi / Claire Mainguy, Eric Rugraff
L'évaluation d'impact de la recherche agronomique : des limites de la quantification aux innovations méthodologiques au Cirad / Ludovic Temple, Gilles Saint Martin, Sophia Alami Tazi, Danielle Barret
La mesure du développement à l'épreuve de la globalisation : du besoin de nouveaux indicateurs / Fabienne Boudier
Au-dela du PIB : fondements conceptuels de la quantification : le cas de l'indice de bien-être économique / Géraldine Thiry
La mesure des institutions : échanges autour de la base Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) / Jacques Ould Aoudia, Nicolas Meunier
Indicateurs de la culture pour le développement de l'UNESCO. Un outil pour mieux positionner la culture dans les stratégies de développement / Guiomar Alonso Cano, Melika Medici Caucino, Keiko Nowacka
L'évaluation de la diversité culturelle : défis et limites / Heritiana Ranaivoson
La "mesure" de la qualité de l'éducation en Afrique ou les instruments d'une fausse dépolitisation / Hélène Charton
Comment fabriquer une crise? Mesures et démesure de la crise de l'eau / Eric Mollard
La perception des indicateurs internationaux dans le contexte africain / Pierre Jacquemot.
Notes:
Proceedings of an international colloquium organized by the GEMDEV in February 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9782811119294
2811119299
OCLC:
1032353885

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