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Title: |
The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey and Administrative Statistics |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/26712 |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Date of Distribution: |
2014-07-14 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Sandefur, Justin; Glassman, Amanda, 2014, "The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey and Administrative Statistics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/26712, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Title: |
The Political Economy of Bad Data: Evidence from African Survey and Administrative Statistics |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/26712 |
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Authoring Entity: |
Sandefur, Justin (Center for Global Development) |
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Glassman, Amanda (Center for Global Development) |
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Producer: |
Center for Global Development |
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Date of Production: |
2014-07 |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse Network |
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Access Authority: |
Justin Sandefur |
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Date of Deposit: |
2014-07-14 |
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Date of Distribution: |
2014-07 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/26712 |
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Keywords: |
national statistics systems, Africa, household surveys, immunization |
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Abstract: |
Across multiple African countries, discrepancies between administrative data and independent household surveys suggest official statistics systematically exaggerate development progress. We provide evidence for two distinct explanations of these discrepancies. First, governments misreport to foreign donors, as in the case of a results-based aid program rewarding reported vaccination rates. Second, national governments are themselves misled by frontline service providers, as in the case of primary education, where official enrollment numbers diverged from survey estimates after funding shifted from user fees to per pupil government grants. Both syndromes highlight the need for incentive compatibility between data systems and funding rules. |
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Time Period: |
1990-2012 |
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Geographic Coverage: |
Global |
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Country |
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Data Access |
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a> |
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Other Study Description Materials |
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DTP3.dta |
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DPT3 coverage rates (DHS and WHO) |
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application/x-stata |
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Education DHS.dta |
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DHS enrollment rate data |
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application/x-stata |
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Education WDI.dta |
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WDI enrollment rate data |
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Education.do |
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Health.do |
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text/x-stata-syntax; charset=US-ASCII |
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Measles.dta |
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Measles coverage rates (DHS and WHO) |
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application/x-stata |
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README.txt |
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