How's Life in Your Region? [electronic resource]: Measuring Regional and Local Well-being for Policy Making /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,sponsoring body.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
How's life? The answer can depend on the region in which you live. Many factors that influence people's well-being are local issues, such as employment, access to health services, pollution and security. Policies that take into account regional differences beyond national averages can therefore have a greater impact on improving well-being for the country as a whole. This report presents the OECD analytical framework for measuring well-being at the regional level, as well as internationally comparable indicators on 9 well-being dimensions for 362 regions across 34 OECD countries. It also sets out guidance for all levels of government in using well-being measures to better target policies at the specific needs of different communities. Drawing on a variety of practical experiences from OECD regions and cities, the report discusses methodological and political solutions for selecting regional well-being outcome indicators, monitoring the progress of regional well-being performance over time, and implementing a process of multi-stakeholder engagement to promote social change.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Mexico -- Korea -- Province of Rome (Italy) -- Region of Sardinia (Italy) -- Japan -- City of Newcastle (United Kingdom) -- New Zealand -- Netherlands -- Region of the North of the Netherlands (Netherlands) -- State of Morelos (Mexico) -- Hungary -- Greece -- Italy -- Israel -- Ireland -- Iceland -- Estonia -- Turkey -- Denmark -- Switzerland -- Czech Republic -- Chile -- Germany -- France -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- United States -- Finland -- United Kingdom -- Reader's guide -- Slovak Republic -- Portugal -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Austria -- Australia -- Poland -- Executive summary -- Norway -- A framework for measuring regional and local well-being -- US Partnership for Sustainable Communities (United States) -- How to measure regional and local well-being -- Sweden -- Canada -- Spain -- Belgium -- Using well-being measures to improve policy results in regions and cities -- Region of Southern Denmark (Denmark) -- Slovenia.
How's life? The answer can depend on the region in which you live. Many factors that influence people's well-being are local issues, such as employment, access to health services, pollution and security. Policies that take into account regional differences beyond national averages can therefore have a greater impact on improving well-being for the country as a whole. This report presents the OECD analytical framework for measuring well-being at the regional level, as well as internationally comparable indicators on 9 well-being dimensions for 362 regions across 34 OECD countries. It also sets out guidance for all levels of government in using well-being measures to better target policies at the specific needs of different communities. Drawing on a variety of practical experiences from OECD regions and cities, the report discusses methodological and political solutions for selecting regional well-being outcome indicators, monitoring the progress of regional well-being performance over time, and implementing a process of multi-stakeholder engagement to promote social change.
Social change.
Social institutions.
Social policy.