Agricultural sector: public property

The "Institutional Profiles Database" (IPD) provides an original measure of countries' institutional characteristics through composite indicators built from perception data. It aims to quantifying countries' institutional characteristics by gathering the perception of experts through a questionnaire. It covers 144 countries and contains 127 indicators, derived from 320 variables describing a broad range of institutional characteristics, structured in nine functions: 1) political institutions; 2) security, law and order, control of violence; 3) functioning of public administrations; 4) free operation of markets; 5) coordination of stakeholders, strategic vision and innovation; 6) security of transactions and contracts; 7) market regulation, social dialogue; 8) openness; 9) social cohesion and social mobility.

The IPD questionnaire contains around 330 questions designed to gather data in order to compute 130 indicators. It was sent to the MEF country and regional Economic Services (Services conomiques) covering approximately 143 countries (depending on the year) and the network of AFD's country offices that have a presence in 48 of those 143 countries. To complete the questionnaire, the Economic Services and AFD's offices used their own knowledge and also called upon local expertise. Respondents could choose from five options, ranging from 0 (minimum score) to 4 (maximum score). By their very nature, perception data are subjective. Consequently, those data may not represent the true situation within a country, for example where the experts/respondents are subject to perception bias'. Various precautions were taken when processing the responses to the survey. Read more about the methodology in http://www.cepii.fr/institutions/doc/IPD_2012_cahiers-2013-03_EN.pdf

The data provided and any research based on those data shall in no way be deemed to reflect the official positions or incur the responsibility of the AFD, the CEPII or the MEF. Furthermore, these bodies hereby disclaim any or all liability for the consequences of any anomalies or errors remaining in the database. These indicators are made available for academic research purposes and more specifically to explore the relationship between institutions and development. They are not intended for operational uses (e.g. to allocate resources). The data in the base should be analyzed as a whole in the multidimensional and multi-country approach. Attempts to make use of the indicators individually would be statistically and conceptually problematic.