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Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Aug 20, 2008

  Measuring Poverty: A Preview
In preparation for Blog Action Day , and with a nudge from a piece I read by The Numbers Guy , I thought I'd talk about measuring poverty. I think we know that how we measure poverty is flawed. This discussion of how world poverty started to be measured at a dollar a day is a backdrop to the...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 18, 2008

  In Praise of GDP
We've been talking about the need for broader indicators of progress than the Gross Domestic Product , and that need has launched an international summit and a new presidential commission in France. Turns out, however, that some folks like the GDP just fine, thank you very much, and don't...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 15, 2008

  Measuring the Progress of Societies
The summary video of the OECD Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies" is available at http://www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum This short movie (12 minutes) describes the OECD Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies". It was made during the second OECD World Forum on...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 1, 2008

  New Newsletter: Measuring the Progress of Nations
I just received the first issue of the Newsletter on Measuring the Progress of Societies – March 2008. You can see the newsletter at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/19/40288553.pdf?contentId=40288554 . You really need to read/subscribe to this newsletter to keep up with what's been...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Feb 27, 2008

  Index of State Weakness
The Brookings Institution has just released the Index of State Weakness in the Developing World . Together with the Center for Global Development, they ranked 141 developing countries in the degree of "weakness" (as measured by 20 indicators in four areas -- economic, political, security and...... [view]
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