Bedecarrats Florent auteur aut IRD Dazet F. auteur aut IRD Guérin Isabelle auteur aut IRD Razafindrakoto Mireille auteur aut IRD Roubaud François auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access This article studies the production and meaning of price indicators in Madagascar, a post-colonial context characterized by a weak state, the prominence of international aid, and repeated food crises. We observe a profusion of indicators, data, and analyses related to prices. Such profusion illustrates not only different meanings of the cost of living but also fragmented economies and a fragmented mode of government in which nongovernmental organizations and international organizations play a leading role. Whatever their efforts, these initiatives struggle to capture the specific features of the cost of living in a context where the subsistence economy remains hardly convertible into numbers. Our analysis confirms the close links between statistical production and modes of government. The Malagasy Consumer Price Index coexists with many disparate initiatives aimed to cope with inequalities and emergencies, reflecting a country in the throes of repeated political, economic, and social crises. specialized Data collection environmental ethics household consumption quantitative analysis research methods analyse quantitative collecte de donnees consommation des menages ethique environnementale methodes de recherche analisis cuantitativo consumo de los hogares etica ambiental metodos de investigacion recopilacion de datos MADAGASCAR 106 114 094 38 6 684-703 2023 0268-5809 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090322 10.1177/02685809231202412 0268-5809 [F B010090322] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090322 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2023-11/010090322.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2023-11-10 2025-02-24 fdi:010090322 fre