Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results

While there is a strong association between limited capacity and unavailability or production of low quality statistics in Africa, poor incentives are argued to be behind Africa’s statistical tragedy. The paper explores whether incentives of leaders and donors are aligned with the production of qual...

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Main Authors:	Hoogeveen, Johannes, Nguyen, Nga Thi Viet
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	PUBLIC POLICY STATISTICS CAPACITY INCENTIVES ELITE SUPPORT DONOR SUPPORT DONOR COORDINATION POLITICS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31271

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spelling	okr-10986-312712021-05-25T10:54:36Z Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results Hoogeveen, Johannes Nguyen, Nga Thi Viet PUBLIC POLICY STATISTICS CAPACITY INCENTIVES ELITE SUPPORT DONOR SUPPORT DONOR COORDINATION POLITICS While there is a strong association between limited capacity and unavailability or production of low quality statistics in Africa, poor incentives are argued to be behind Africa’s statistical tragedy. The paper explores whether incentives of leaders and donors are aligned with the production of quality statistics and proposes six concrete ways to improve the current situation. 2019-02-13T19:54:06Z 2019-02-13T19:54:06Z 2019 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31271 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	PUBLIC POLICY STATISTICS CAPACITY INCENTIVES ELITE SUPPORT DONOR SUPPORT DONOR COORDINATION POLITICS
spellingShingle	PUBLIC POLICY STATISTICS CAPACITY INCENTIVES ELITE SUPPORT DONOR SUPPORT DONOR COORDINATION POLITICS Hoogeveen, Johannes Nguyen, Nga Thi Viet Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results
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description	While there is a strong association between limited capacity and unavailability or production of low quality statistics in Africa, poor incentives are argued to be behind Africa’s statistical tragedy. The paper explores whether incentives of leaders and donors are aligned with the production of quality statistics and proposes six concrete ways to improve the current situation.
format	Journal Article
author	Hoogeveen, Johannes Nguyen, Nga Thi Viet
author_facet	Hoogeveen, Johannes Nguyen, Nga Thi Viet
author_sort	Hoogeveen, Johannes
title	Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results
title_short	Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results
title_full	Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results
title_fullStr	Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results
title_full_unstemmed	Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results
title_sort	statistics reform in africa : aligning incentives with results
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31271
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Statistics Reform in Africa : Aligning Incentives with Results

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