Enhancing Access to Micro-Data in the Middle East and North Africa

Greater transparency and accountability has been one of the core issues behind the current upheavals in the region. Similarly, lack of or inability to gain access to data has been a long standing complaint by local and international agencies and organizations. This state of affairs makes it difficult to design good policies and to put together indicators to hold governments and others accountable. This Arab World brief looks at the current state-of-play in terms of access to data as well as measures to improve the situation.

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Main Authors: Angel-Urdinola, Diego F., Hilger, Anne, Ivins, Ingrid B.
Format: Brief biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2011-05
Subjects:AVAILABILITY OF DATA, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, CONFIDENTIALITY, DATA ACCESS, DATA CENTER, DESCRIPTION, EQUIPMENT, FAMILY ALLOWANCES, GPS, HARMONIZATION, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, INDICES, LIVING STANDARDS, MATERIAL, OPEN ACCESS, REGIONAL CONTEXT, REGIONAL COORDINATION, REGIONAL DATA, REGIONAL INITIATIVES, REGIONAL PROGRAM, REGIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICES, REGIONAL STRATEGY, RESEARCHERS, RESULT, RESULTS, SERVER, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS, STANDARDIZATION, STATA, SUB-REGION, USERS, WEB,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14288201/enhancing-access-micro-data-middle-east-north-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9451
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