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1 Indices of Social Development 4th OECD World Forum October 2012 Ellen Webbink
2 Contents Why social development indices? How the indices are composed Progress since launch
3 Why does social development matter? Social development is about putting people at the centre of development 1995 Copenhagen Summit Social development much more than health, education child welfare -> glue that keeps society together behaviours, norms, conventions that pattern human interaction (thus also: structures markets and governance)
4 Why should we measure it? Social development usually terrain of more qualitative methods and disciplines Measurements of development have been broadening: steel, GDP, HDI, Governance, happiness IndSocDev = last mile in this sequence The promise: - systematise and compare different aspects of social development - relate those to other development outcomes - trends over time
5 What did we decide to measure Design on basis of iterative process of expert discussions + comparison with available data IndSocDev focus on six aspects (indices) of social development, based on: 200 indicators from 25 reputable and independent data sources, aggregated into Indices using matching percentiles
6 Matching percentiles & how we cover 200 countries Combining sources more reliable than single source (minimum 3 sources) Many indicators limited coverage between 15 and 200 Aggregating and comparing allows to enhance coverage details explained later Progressively more reliable
7 1) Civic activism: social norms, organisations, practices which facilitate citizen involvement in public policies and decisions Examples of questions % people participated in demonstration, petition, boycott % people with access to radio, TV, newspaper Density international organisations Civicus civil society rating.. related sources World Values Survey, regional barometers barometers / ITU Global Civil Society Civicus
8 Bahrain Turkey Qatar Egypt, Arab Rep. Iran, Islamic Rep. United Arab Emirates Morocco Tunisia Jordan Pakistan Saudi Arabia Algeria Sudan Libya Syrian Arab Republic Yemen, Rep. For example: Civic Activism Scores for Middle East and North Africa
9 2) Clubs and associations: strength of ties to neighbourhood and associational life (voluntary groups, time with clubs, community meets, development associations) Examples of questions % people using free time for groups and associations % people members of clubs Spent time socialising % people state people generally help one another.. related sources Latinobarometer, WVS barometers, WVS, World Values Survey ICVS
10 3) Inter-group cohesion: relations of cooperation and respect between predominant identity groups in a society Examples of questions Incidences of riots, terrorist acts Levels internal conflict/civil disorder Levels ethnic minority rebellion Group grievance.. related sources Databanks, EIU ICRG Minorities at Risk Fund for Peace
11 4) Interpersonal safety and trust: extent that individuals feel they can rely on people they have not met before Examples of questions % people experienced theft, robbery etc. % people that feel safe Perception people can be trusted, are fair Crime as business constraint.. related sources Afrobarometer, ICVS, Interpol ICVS Barometers, World Value Survey World Development Indicators
12 5) Gender equality: extent to which women face the same opportunities and constraints with family, work, society Examples of questions Perceptions equality of rights and opportunities Rating economic rights Ratio of women in education, labour force Wage rates.. related sources barometers, WVS CIRI WDI ILO
13 6) Inclusion of Minorities: discrimination against vulnerable groups such as indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees, or lower caste groups; Examples of questions Proportion people who reject others as neighbours Reported discrimination Level of ethnic/religious tensions Educational /occupational Disparity Ethnic Groups.. related sources World Value Surveys Barometers ICRG Household Surveys
14 how does it work?
15 Methodology ISD combines over 200 indicators from 25 independent and reputable sources Uses matching percentiles method used for Corruptions Perceptions Index Lambsdorff Rationale for matching percentiles Combination of sources measuring same phenomenon more reliable than each source separately Indices broaden the coverage compared to single source Minimum 3 independent sources to develop index Note: 2010 data reported but is still incomplete
16 Matching percentiles Step 1 If multiple questions in one source, average is calculated e.g., access to radio, TV, newspapers ISD uses rankings not all sources use these, most use regular scores e.g., % people responding Produce a rank from the scores: 0 1 (standardization) For example, 1 st indicator Civic Activism: participation in demonstrations
17 Step 1:Standardising participation in demonstrations, petitions, boycotts - Rank % of people participated in demonstrations (World Values Survey) Other countries 1 Botswana 0.24 Botswana 28 % 2 Nigeria 0.22 Nigeria 25 % 3 Tanzania 0.08 Tanzania 10% Burundi 3 % 4 Burundi 0.05 Congo 2 % 5 Congo, DR 0.04
18 Step 2 2nd source: scores from second indicator (from different source) matched to first ( master ) indicator based on ranking of shared countries in the master indicator Each additional indicator adjusts the ranking in order to reduce the uncertainty of the earlier rankings: with more indicators you simply broaden the basis of measurement of the index For example, an additional indicator could be: attending meetings
19 Matching Equally Ranked Values % respondent participation in demonstrations, petitions, boycotts (WVS) Respondent has often attended meetings of a local development association (Afrobarometer) Other countries Botswana Nigeria Nigeria Botswana Tanzania Tanzania Burundi Burundi Congo, DR Congo, DR
20 Step 3: averaging matching scores to obtain index Var1 Var2 Matching Score Var3 Matching Score Var4 Matching Score Index Botswana Nigeria Tanzania Burundi N.A Congo, DR N.A. N.A N.A
21 Etcetera. We repeat the same procedure with different choice of master variable (random score 0 1) 1,000 times ( bootstrapping ) Reducing random error with each iteration To arrive at a final score for the index with a standard error obtained from the reiterations Index score for a country is only produced if at least 3 independent sources for that country are available
22 Which in example produces: 2005 data (real data) country year civic_activism se_civicactivism Botswana Burundi Congo, Dem. Rep Nigeria Tanzania
23 How do we know we can trust matching percentiles? robustness
24 0 civic Comparison of Matching Percentiles vs. Imputation Methods Civic Activism ncivic
25 Factor analysis civic activism
26 Research with the database - Publication of 5 Working Papers on the website - Commissioned study on relationship between development aid, civil society, and development outcomes, for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
27 Research findings: aid, civil society & development outcomes, ISD civil society indices for the analysis: -Civic activism: - what civil society does: activity -Intergroup cohesion: - what civil society binds: foundation -Clubs and Associations: - bonding ties in communities - Correlates negatively with Intergroup Cohesion and positively with Civil Activism.
28 Development Aid and Outcome data: ODA: OECD (DCD-DAC) Poverty: PPP under 1,25 day CIRI Physical Integrity Rights Index, measuring human rights as a proxy for democracy (0 to 8)
29 Table 1: Determinants of poverty, random effects Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Civic Activism *** (11.290) Intergroup Cohesion (5.104) Clubs and Associations (5.240) ODA (Log) ** ** ** (0.563) (0.592) (0.523) Primary School Enrollment (*100) (25 years prior) (2.160) (2.720) (2.960) Rule of Law (1.386) (1.455) (1.468) Initial GDP *** *** *** (30 years prior) (1.113) (1.136) (1.181) South America (3.238) (3.269) (3.697) Africa (3.203) (3.533) (3.965) Europe * (4.061) (4.014) (4.630) Asia * (3.240) (3.395) (4.037) Oceania (6.659) (8.240) constant *** *** *** (9.832) (10.910) (10.740) Observations Number of id R Squared (within) R Squared (between) R Squared (overall)
30 Table 1: Determinants of human rights, random effects Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Civic Activism (1.636) Intergroup Cohesion 3.355*** (0.786) Clubs and Associations * (1.030) ODA (Log) * *** (0.076) (0.084) (0.110) Primary School Enrollment (*100) (25 years prior) (0.306) (0.371) (0.420) Rule of Law 1.607*** 1.303*** 1.461*** (0.180) (0.210) (0.266) Initial GDP *** (30 years prior) (0.151) (0.159) (0.213) South America (0.507) (0.486) (0.644) Africa (0.466) (0.471) (0.679) Europe (0.663) (0.625) (0.817) Asia *** *** (0.479) 1.964*** (0.471) (0.704) Oceania 1.199* (0.657) (0.924) constant 8.440*** 4.630*** *** (1.374) (1.573) (1.977) Observations Number of id R Squared (within) R Squared (between) R Squared (overall)
31 Conclusions Development aid has both an independent effect on poverty as well as through civil society. Civil society has an effect on poverty through civic activism, and through intergroup cohesion on human rights. Clubs and Associations seems to measure need for community help and support (compare other working papers)
32 Thank you for your attention!
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