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Statistics, Knowledge and Policy 2007:
Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies

[Table of contents]

Foreword: A. Gurría
Introduction: E. Giovannini

Measuring the Progress of Societies: Does it make a difference for Policy Making and Democracy?

A. Gurría
D. Walker: How Key National Indicators can Improve Policymaking and Strengthen Democracy
R. J. Romanow: Promoting progress: making it happen


Measuring progress and political processes to foster progress

A. Siegel: Beyond measuring – The Council of Europe’s instruments contributing to the progress of societies
J. Frenk& O. Gómez-Dantés: Global public goods for local Decision-making: Empowerment through Evidence
C. Glassman: Evidence-based policy making: Just a myth or a must?
R. A. Virola: Empowering and Challenging Voters through Governance Indicators: The Philippine Experience


Accountability and civic engagement
M. Canoy, F. Lerais, M. Mascherini, A. Saltelli, D. Vidoni : The Importance of Social Reality for Europe’s Economy: An Application to Civil Participation
S. Chandra: Power to people: Indicators for Accountability
C. Michalos: Connecting Communities with Community Indicators


Measuring progress: people’s perceptions and knowledge

J. Almunia: People’s Perceptions vs. Reality – Drawing lessons from the use of statistics in the European Union
R. Curtin: What US consumers know about Economic Conditions
A. Papacostas: European’s Knowledge on Economical Indicators
F. Fullone, M. Gamba, E. Giovannini and M. Malgarini: What do citizens know about Statistics? The Results of the OECD/ISAE survey on Italian Consumers


Subjective measures of well-being

A. van Hoorn: An introduction to Subjective Well-being: Measurement, Correlates and Policy uses
R. Veenhoven: Measures of Gross National Happiness


Challenges for national statistical offices

H. K. van Tuinen: Innovative Statistics to Improve our Notion of Reality
A. Elahi: Challenges of Data Collection – With Special Regard to Developing Countries
D. Trewin: An Effective Global Statistical System – A Prerequisite for Consistency in Global Measurements


Measuring progress: economic, social and environmental issues

Economic issues

R. W. Edwards: Policy and Statistical Issues Underpinning Financial Stability: the IMF Perspective
P. de Lombaerde and P. L. Iapadre : International Integration and Societal Progress : A Critical Review of Globalisation Indicators
L. Cook: Understanding Retirement Saving and Pensions
H. van der Pol: Key Role of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Economy
J. Grice: Measuring and Improving Government Performance

Social issues

G. Banks: Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in Australia
R. W. Eberts: Trends in Worker Requirements and the Need for Better Information to Make More Informed Decisions in a Global Economy
F. Stanley and S. R. Zubrick: Child Development, Human Development and the Progress of Societies
P. Ester& M. Kerkhofs: Human Capital and the Older Worker – The Need for Solid Indicators
V. Volkan: Societal well-being after experiencing trauma at the hand of “others”: The intertwining of political, economic and other visible factors with hidden psychological processes affecting victimized populations

Environmental issues

J. Loh: The Living Planet Index and Ecological Footprint: Tracking the State of Global Biodiversity and Human Pressures on the Biosphere
O. Al-Jayyuosi: The State of Ecosystems and Progress of Society
D. Trewin: How Reliable are Climate Change Projections – A Statistician’s Perspective


Gender: a key dimension of societal progress

D. Drechsler, J. Jütting and L. T. Katseli: Social Institutions and Gender Equality


Measuring societal progress for local communities

A. Holett, D. May and C. Giles: The Newfoundland and Labrador System of Community Accounts
A. Thornley: Developing Indicators for Local Communities: the New Zealand Experience
S. Brutschy and D. Zachary: Achieving Outcomes from Indicators: Community Assessment Projects in the United States, a Focus on Santa Cruz County


Using indicators to make governments accountable

Ö. Dinçer: Measuring and Improving the Success of Governments
B. Manby: AfriMAP: On not using Indicators to Score Progress in Governance
R. Swinkels& M. Brouwer: National Progress and the Effectiveness of International Aid
A. Kaminara: Case Study: Introducing Standard Indicators in European Commission Funded Projects for Aggregation of Aid Effect