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L. Amédée Darga

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L. Amédée Darga is the Afrobarometer national investigator in Mauritius.

Biography

Amédée Darga has a long and rich career combining public sector management experience, private sector involvement and business experience as well as academic and applied political economy research. He has in recent years been a regular consultant on economic governance and industrial development. He has thirty-three years of travel, academic and other forms of interaction with most countries of the African continent. He served for six years till 2010 as a Member of the  Bureau of the Committee on Human Development and Civil Society of the U.N Economic Commission for Africa representing the Private Sector.

He has been the lead investigator on numerous surveys, commissioned both by public and private institutions as well as international ones to wit:

  • For Afrobarometer from 2012 to 2022
  • Survey on the State of Good Governance in Mauritius and Seychelles from 2006 to 2012
  • For the Independent Commission against Corruption in 2003 and 2004
  • For the Mauritius Revenue Authority in 2012
  • For the International Trade Centre in 2011

Furthermore, he has been the Lead Consultant for the Preparation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) National Report for Mauritius for the UNDP in 2002, whereby the possibility for Mauritius to meet the MDGs by 2015 was fully assessed. His services were also hired by the UNDP for the Preparation of the Millennium Development Goals Sub-National Report for Rodrigues. Mr L. A. Darga and his then Research Assistant interviewed several institutions and regional departments in Rodrigues as well as members of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly to collect the necessary data for each of the 8 MDGs to be researched. In 2004, he provided a critical analysis of MDG8 and its implications on Small Islands Developing States and prepared the Mid-Term Report on the state of progress of MDGs in Mauritius in 2010, particularly regarding the achievements of Mauritius in meeting the MDGs, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade in Mauritius and UNDP.

In 2010 and 2013, he was assigned for the Preparation of the Millennium Development Goals Status Report for Mauritius by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade and UNDP.

Areas of interest

Publications

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AD850: In Mauritius, courts and police confront weakened public trust amid persistent perceptions of corruption
6 Sep 2024
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AD584: Climate change making life worse in Mauritius; citizens want collective action to combat it
22 Dec 2022
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AD550: Mauritians embrace COVID-19 vaccination despite low levels of trust in vaccine safety
13 Sep 2022
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AD532: Amid optimism on gender equality, Mauritians see gender-based violence as a priority issue to address
30 Jun 2022
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AD526: Distrust, corruption, and favouritism: Mauritians’ negative perceptions of their police
17 Jun 2022
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AD453: Mauritians’ assessment of election quality took a hit in 2019
21 May 2021
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AD427: Mauritians praise government’s COVID-19 response but suspect corruption, distrust politicians
19 Feb 2021
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AD197: Role of citizen: Mauritians value national identity but limit civic engagement
12 Apr 2018
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AD191: Les Mauriciens apprécient leurs conditions de vie, mais beaucoup contestent l’orientation du pays
9 Mar 2018
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AD191: Majority of Mauritians say living conditions are good, but many question country’s direction
9 Mar 2018
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AD185: Recul à Maurice de la confiance envers les institutions et de la satisfaction démocratique
6 Feb 2018
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AD185: Public trust in institutions, satisfaction with democracy decline in Mauritius
6 Feb 2018
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AD28: Mauritians welcome ethnic/religious diversity but are less tolerant of homosexuals and people living with HIV/AIDS
15 Apr 2015