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What is Progress – How to Measure It?. Jon Hall, OECD Statistics, Knowledge, Policy World Forum. What is Progress ?. Many views …. “Is life getting better?”. Sustainability... Wellbeing ... Quality of Life. What is Progress ?. Many views …. But what is clear (to me) is
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What is Progress – How to Measure It? Jon Hall, OECD Statistics, Knowledge, Policy World Forum
What is Progress? • Many views … “Is life getting better?” Sustainability... Wellbeing ... Quality of Life
What is Progress? • Many views …. • But what is clear (to me) is • A.Progress is multidimensional
What is Progress? society economy
What is environmentalProgress? air biodiversity land water
What is Progress? • Many views … • But what is clear to me is • A. Progress is multidimensional • B. Progress means different things to different people
How to Measure it? • If progress is multi dimensional and means different things to different people then one must … • Provide a set of measures • And allow readers to apply their own weights to form their own view
How to Measure it? • Measures should be “unambiguous" that is have a clear good/bad direction of movement • Important to focus on the big picture • Important to discuss trade-offs and reinforcements Life expectancy √ X Numbers of patients treated X
How to Measure it? • Also important to paint the distributional picture
Some Examples • Australia
Some Examples • Ireland
Some Examples • Alcoa - Spain
Some Examples • Millenium Development Goals