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30/04/2012 Draft document National Initiatives on Measuring Well-Being

20/04/2012 African Conference on Measuring Well-being and Fostering the Progress of Societies

19/04/2012 World Bank report released Africa's Pulse Vol. 5

16/04/2012 Call for papers Expert meeting on social capital

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Social Indicators

There are a number of definitions of Social Indicators (SI). Bauer described them as forms of evidence that help assessment of present position and future directions. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) stated that a SI is a “direct and valid statistical measure which monitors levels and changes over time in a fundamental social concern.” A social concern is “an identifiable and definable aspiration or concern of fundamental and direct importance to human well-being”. Indicators may be material, such as numbers related to economic growth, and/or immaterial, such as values or goals.

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