HALIMA AMADOU
Gender Promotion
Secretary
Nigerien Association for
the Defence of Human
Rights (ANDDH)
NIGER REPUBLIC
Practionners including InWent
alumni report on experiences
with outside GAS – using
indicators to increase political
accountability, inform the
policy process and political
debate.
Actionable indicators:
Niger indicator analysis:
• This analysis of the policy performance of Niger Republic is
derived from objective, third party data and information
generally the institutions that create and manage the
indicators that Millennium Challenge Account uses in the
annual selection process. These analyses are the views of
non governmental organizations institutions.
• Analysis is provided for each indicator where the score is
below the median. The summary of results identifies
strengths, weaknesses, recent events that have already
affected or will likely impact indicator performance, and a
set of near term and medium term opportunities for
improvement as identified by these third party institutions.
• Achievement of some or all of these
opportunities for improvement will
not be a guarantee of future
selection since among other things; a
country is measured against the
performance of other countries.
Ruling justly indicators:
• We have political rights with a median of
17 and Niger data is 28 (82% ), civil
liberties with a median of 30 and Niger
data is 32 (60% ), control of corruption
with a median of o.00 and Niger data is 0,11 (42% ) ,government effectiveness
with a median of 0.00 and Niger data is 0,03 (42% ), the rule of law with a
median of 0.00 and Niger data is -0,04
(49 % ) and the voice of accountability
with a median of 0.00 and Niger data is
0.25 (60% ).
Increasing accountability
• Niger Republic’s performance for all
available years between 1996 and 2007 in
six governance dimensions:
• Voice & accountability
• Political stability and lack of violence /
terrorism
• Government effectiveness
• Regulatory quality
• Rule of Law
• Control of corruption
Dissemination:
• The National Institute of Statistics in Niger, The Millennium
Challenge Account, UNDP, Freedom House, World Bank Institute
and sometimes Nigerien Association struggling against Corruption
(ANLC / Niger Transparency International branch) disseminate
their results and datas through reports which end up with
recommendations that they did to the government (Ministry of
Finance, of Commerce, Education, Health, Women’s Affairs and
Child Protection, Agriculture etc…).
• The government formulates these recommendations in the form of
projects and programmes towards populations by building schools
close to the villages, giving free health care access, etc…
• Lobbying and advocacy are made towards the authorities mostly
the National Assembly so that some laws can be adopted.
• Some sensitizations are done as well towards the populations by
Civil society Organizations struggling against corruption in order
to stop corruption for example.
Ruling justly
Corruption
• The current government has begun to
address allegations of corruption among
politicians and within the civil service.
• International and domestic actors will
follow the investigation and prosecution of
corruption cases over the next year.
• Corruption in customs also contributes to
this score.
Investing in people
Girls’ primary education completion
rate
• Primary education is low for both genders
but this is exacerbated by a growing
gender gap in school attendance.
• The gender gap is due in part to practical
issues such as security and long distances
between home and school but also to
cultural and social practices like early
marriage and laws preventing young
mothers from returning to school.
Economic freedoms
Trade policy
• Weighted average tariffs have been
improved but are still below the
median.
• Non –tariff barriers include regulation
of specific products and corruption in
customs.
Cost of starting a business
• Registration fees for membership with the
chamber of Commerce account for more
than half the costs of starting a business.
• Other significant costs related to filling
documents with the commercial registry,
publishing company formation notices and
registering with the National Center for
transport users.
Supplemental indicators
Land rights and access
• It takes less to register a property in
Niamey (49 days ) than in other regional
capitals, but it ‘s still above the global
average.
• Registering a property in Niamey, the
Capital is more costly than either the
regional or global average(14 % of the
property value).
Natural resources
management
• Efforts to combat desertification are only
beginning to appear in this data. Niger’s current
eco region protection rate is the median.
• This over- all low score on this indicator is driven
by a lack of access to improve water and
sanitation as well as child mortality.
• The impact of poor water and sanitation is
particular acute for women and girls in rural
regions as they bear responsibility for collecting
water.
Gender rights
• While Niger’s constitution prohibits
gender discrimination customary
inequality is so pervasive that it
constraints political, social and
economic participation which cuts
across many of the indicators.
How the results were used
and by whom:
• The results are used by government to elaborate
development projects and programs;
• Civil society organizations elaborate projects and
sensitizations activities (radios broadcasting
activities), rural and urban sensitizations,
conferences…
• Some statistical diaries are elaborated such as
education diaries elaborated each year by the two
Ministries in charge of education with the support
of Unesco;
• National Institute of Statistics elaborate also
documents giving the different indicators.
Sustainability:
• The datas have to be taken seriously by the
government in order to elaborate development
projects and programs;
• The identification of these projects and programs
has to be done with the concerned populations;
• Monitoring and assessment should be done for
each indicator periodically in order to check the
progresses;
• Partners (UNDP, UNESCO, World Bank, Islamic
Bank for Development etc… should continue to
finance and more partners must help to continue
these types of works.
Lessons learnt:
• Reflections must be done specifically for
Niger Republic Human Development Index
given by UNDP each year in order to avoid
Niger Republic always being the last;
• Government should change its policy
concerning education (girls ‘primary
education completion rate for example
because of early marriages );
• THANK YOU