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Lucien Nizard, « Les rapports de pouvoirs entre l’INSEE, la Direction de la prévision et le Commissariat général du plan et leur évolution. Un cas exemplaire : l’élaboration du modèle physico-financier (FIFI) utilisé pour le VIe plan », Revue française d'administration publique (documents), ID : 10670/1.stl17f
The present state and developments of the relations of power between the INSEE, the directorate of forecasting and the french planning authority The author analyses recent changes in the relations of power between these three public bodies following the formulation and use of the quantitative-financial model set up for the 6th Plan, for indeed the use of the Fifi model has brought about a major change in relations between forecasters and decision-makers, on account of two types of constraints : those imposed by the model on experts and those, different from the first, imposed on the decision-makers through the straight and fast dividing-line set by the model between forecasting and decision-makiug. This provides the expert with stronger powers, since his control is undetermined, as it seems. Yet his autonomy decreases with respect to the decision-maker. The inter-relationship between both has to become such as to establish a continued collaboration where forecasting and decision-making become an intimate mix.