Statistics, Knowledge and Policy [electronic resource]: Key Indicators to Inform Decision Making /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2005.
This publication contains the proceedings of the World Forum on Key Indicators held in Palermo in November 2004. In it, statisticians from governmental statistical offices, international organisations, and academia explain why indicator systems are useful and how statistics can be used, how to implement systems related to different kinds of statistics, and what systems are already in place. This conference was the first co-ordinated world wide effort to study the development and implications of large-scale systems of public information for developed countries.
""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""The First World Forum on Key Indicators""; ""Keynote Speeches""; ""The ECBâ€?s Use of Statistics and Other Information for Monetary Policy""; ""Key National Indicator Systems: An Opportunity to Maximize National Progress and Strengthen Accountability""; ""Building Knowledge""; ""National Case Studies""; ""Developing Key National Indicators for the United States""; ""Measuring for Decision Making: Soft and Hard Use of Indicators in Regional Development Policies""
""Measuring for Decision Making Official Statistics for Decision Making and Evaluation: Territorial Indicators""""Measures of Australiaâ€?s Progress â€? A Case Study of a National Report Based on Key Economic, Social and Environment Indicators""; ""Statistical Indicators for Broad Policy Purposes in Ireland: Developing the Consensus between Statistics and Politics""; ""Improving Economic Indicators""; ""Measurement of Government Output and Productivity for the National Accounts in the UK: ""The Atkinson Review""""
""OECDâ€?S Role in Global Governance: The Contribution of Structural Indicators and Benchmarking""""The Impact of Statistics on a Competitive and Knowledge-based Economy""; ""Measuring the Environment""; ""Composite Indicators of Environmental Sustainability""; ""The Reduction of Complexity by Means of Indicators â€? Case Studies in the Environmental Domain""; ""Statistics for Society""; ""Indicators and Social Accounting for 21st Century Social Policy""; ""Social Inclusion â€? Do We Have the Right Indicators?""; ""Social Indicator Systems â€? Foundations for Policy Design and Evaluation?""
""The Information Society: Measurement Issues and the Impact on Policy Making""""Information Society: From Statistical Measurement to Policy Assessment""; ""Measurements in Support of Policy Decisions""; ""The Use and Abuse of Real-Time and Anecdotal Information in Monetary Policy Making""; ""Measuring the Effectiveness of Public Services""; ""Indicators on Public Administration: Democracy, Efficiency, Due Process of Law""; ""Healthy People: Three Decades of National Health""; ""Regional Indicators and Fund Allocation""
""International Benchmarking as a Tool for Regional Policy Making: Experiences and Challenges""""The Spatial Monitoring System of the German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) as a Tool for Political Counselling â€? From the Measurement of the Equality of Living Conditions to the Measurement of Sustainable Development""; ""Planning for the Future""; ""Societal Indicators and Government-wide Reporting in the Government of Canada""; ""Natural Capital: New Measures to Monitor the Economyâ€?s Ecological Foundations""
""Using Quality of Life Indicators to Inform Policy and Planning: A New Zealand Example""
"Proceedings of the OECD Forum 'Statistics, knowledge and policy : world forum on key indicators' November 2004."--p. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
This publication contains the proceedings of the World Forum on Key Indicators held in Palermo in November 2004. In it, statisticians from governmental statistical offices, international organisations, and academia explain why indicator systems are useful and how statistics can be used, how to implement systems related to different kinds of statistics, and what systems are already in place. This conference was the first co-ordinated world wide effort to study the development and implications of large-scale systems of public information for developed countries.
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