Progress papers and reports

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Contents 1 Recently released progress papers and reports 1.1 2012 1.2 2011 1.3 2010 1.4 2009 1.5 2008 1.6 2007 1.7 2006 1.8 2005 2 Calls for papers

Recently released progress papers and reports

2012

• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction (March 2012)

• Progress on drinking water and sanitation (UNICEF/WHO March 2012)

• Life Beyond Growth (Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy, and Society March 2012)

• State of the World's Children 2012 (UNICEF February 2012)

• China 2030 Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society (World Bank February 2012)

• A Life Free from Hunger- Tackling child malnutrition (Save the Children February 2012)

• Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 (UNDP February 2012)

• Resilient People, Resilient Planet- A Future Worth Choosing (UN's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability January 2012)

• Enforcing Rights and Correcting Wrongs: Overcoming Gender Barriers in Legal Systems (UNDP January 2012)

• January 2012 Global Economic Prospects Report (World Bank January 2012)

2011

• Corruption Perceptions Index Report (Transparency International December 2011)

• Perspectives on Global Development 2012: Social Cohesion in a Shifting World (OECD Development Centre and Club de Madrid November 2011)

• Building Resilience - The Future of Rural Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change (2011 Cambodia Human Development Report UNDP, September 2011)

• Mongolia Quarterly Economic Update - August 2011 (World Bank August 2011)

• Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness in Ten Major Cities (Urban Affairs Review 2011 47: 861 Kevin M. Leyden, Abraham Goldberg and Philip Michelbach originally published online 28 April 2011)

• G7 to G8 to G20 Evolution in Global Governance (CIGI G20 Papers No. 6, May 2011)

• The Economics of Shared Societies (The Shared Societies Project, Democratic Leadership for for Dialogue, Diversity and Social Cohesion. Club de Madrid 2011)

• The Civic Pulse - Measuring Active Citizenship in a Cold Climate (RSA July 2011)

• Life in Transition Survey (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank, 29.6.2011)

• ONE 2011 Data Report (ONE 2011)

• WHO World Health Statistics 2011 (World Health Organisation 13.05.2011)

• World Bank World Development Report 2011 (11.04.2011)

• What next for EU Cohesion Policy? Going 'beyond GDP' to deliver greater well-being (European Policy Centre 11.03.2011)

• Beyond GDP: Towards a Better Measurement of National Wellbeing in France and the UK (Report of a seminar at Somerset House in London by Jules Evans 02.02.2011)

• Satisfaction in life conditions and well-being (CEPS INSTEAD working paper No 2011-03, January 2011)

• Sustainable Society Index 2010 (Sustainable Society Foundation 2011)

• Rural Poverty Report 2011 (IFAD 2011)

2010

• Mashup Indicies of Development Policy Research Working Paper, September 2010, Martin Ravallion, World Bank

• Measuring people's wellbeing: the BCFN Index (Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition)

• Holding G8 Accountability to Account, Institute for Economics and Peace, The Earth Institute Colombia University

• Measuring Governance, Policy Brief No. 39, October 2010, OECD Development Centre, Charles P. Oman and Christiane Arndt

• Role of Culture in African Development, Lambert Uyi Edigin, Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences

• Security Council Endorses Indicators to Measure Progress in Implementing Landmark Text on Women, Peace, Security as Organization Marks Tenth Anniversary, United Nations Security Council.

• Developing Societal Progress Indicators: A Practical Guide, 2010, Jon Hall and Denis Trewin, OECD

• A Framework to Measure the Progress of Societies, 2010, Jon Hall, Enrico Giovannini, Adolfo Morrone and Giulia Ranuzzi, OECD

• Indicators of "Societal Progress" Lessons from International Experiences, 2010, Katherine Scrivens and Barbara Iasiello, OECD

2009

2008

2007

• The Istanbul Declaration, 2007, OECD, EC, OIC, UN, UNDP, WB.

2006

Statistics and Politics in a Knowledge Society, 2006, Enrico Giovannini, OECD.

The importance of information in economic and political processes is widely recognised by modern theories. This information, coupled with the advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has changed the way in which markets and societies work.

The economics of knowledge: Why education is key for European's success, 2006, Andreas Schleicher, OECD.

Paper for the Lisbon Council on remembering that the development of a modern "knowledge economy" reflects a larger transition from an economy based on land, labour and capital to one in which the main components of production are information and knowledge.

Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: What Do We Know About What People Know?, 2006, Enrico Giovannini and Ayhan Uysal, Statistics Directorate, OECD

2005

The OECD Factbook:Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics, 2005, Enrico Giovannini, OECD.

Policies and Tools to make OECD Statistics more Visible and Accessible, 2005, OECD. Statistics are at the heart of OECD's work, supporting analysis and policy making in a large number of policy areas. Creating riches databases of internationally comparable statistical information, gathered from national sources, is thus a strong point of the Organisation

Measuring Sustainable Development: Achievements and Challenges, 2005, Enrico Giovannini, Myriam Linster, OECD.

The concept of sustainable development is concerned both with the quality and the quantity of economic growth and encompasses three dimensions of welfare "economic, environmental and social".

Calls for papers

• Call for papers: 11th International Society for Quality of Life Studies International Conference - Discovering New Frontiers in Quality of Life Research

1-4 November 2012, Venice, Italy includes Track 12: Gender Equality and Quality of Life- abstracts due by 3 June 2012.

• Call for Chapters: Special volume on Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Practices VI.

To be published by Springer in the new Best Practices in Quality-of-Life Research Book Series. Deadline: August 31st, 2011. Click here for Submission Guidelines and details. 

• Use of 3D City Models in E-Government for Sustainable Urban Governance

Call for papers regarding 3D city models' usage and applications in complex policy scenarios linked to urban governance, such as housing, environment, tax compliance, infrastructure planning, rural/urban interactions, city marketing for public relations and tourism. Particularly welcome are submissions which develop a global perspective and/or focus on conceptual contributions highlighting new applications. Delft, The Netherlands, Deadline 29 April 2011. More info here. 

• International Conference on Resources, capital or personnel? Perspectives on wellbeing at work
  

Call for abstracts - You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the International Conference on “Resources, Capital or Personnel? Perspectives on Wellbeing at Work”, to be held at Bournemouth University, UK 20-22 September 2011. Deadline 31 March 2011. More information here.

• Children's Well-Being: The Research and Policy Challenges

Call for Abstracts - You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the 3rd International Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators to be held at the University of York, UK 27-29 July 2011.

• Conference- Rethinking Development in an age of Scarcity and Uncertainty- New Values, Voices and Alliances for Increased Resilience

Over 800 delegates from all over the world will convene in York, United Kingdom for the EADI / DSA conference. Delegates will represent development research institutes, international organisations, the European Commission and bilateral donor organisations. These thinkers, leaders and decision-makers will exchange ideas about new values, voices and alliances for increased resilience.